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.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

Cheat me in the price but not in the goods i purchase.

What is well done is done soon enough.

Peopledo not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but tomaintain an opinion for the sake of talking.

If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

Whoever does not know the truth is ignorant, but the one who knows the truth but denies is a criminal

Long-rangeplanning works best in the short term.

A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.

Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares

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