The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

Use softwords and hard arguments.

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

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

The good rain like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off.

Modesty is the clothing of talent.

Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.