Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Icannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the mostargumentative.

Jealousy arises from lack of Confidence, not in others, but in onself.

Tell meand I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'llunderstand.

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.

Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom

A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyoneelse.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

We make our friends, we make our enemies, but God makes our next-door neighbours.