It isimpossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

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

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the better joy, responsibility.

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

Theability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

Thework will teach you how to do it.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come great harmony.

Within-groupconflict is always personal and emotional even if it begins with impersonalissues.