The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.

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.

Relationships of trust depend on our willingness to looknot only to our own interests, but also the interests of others.

The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.

Trust is difficult to define, but we know when it's presentand when it's not.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

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

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol