Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

Skill inthe art of communication is crucial to a leader's success. He can accomplishnothing unless he can communicate effectively.

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

Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid

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

Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

He who gainsa victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himselfis all powerful.

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.

It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

Better ask ten times than go astray once.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.