No one was ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Ittakes time to save time.

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Don'tbe afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

Theloftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.