What is not seen is as if it was not. Even the Right does not receive proper consideration if it does not seem right.

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.

Maturity of mind is best shown in slow belief.

When you counsel someone, you should appear to be reminding him of something he had forgotten, not of the light he was unable to see.

Take care to make things turn out well. Some people scruple more over pointing things in the right direction than over successfully reaching their goals. The disgrace of failure outweighs the diligence they showed. A winner is never asked for explanations.

No one demands more caution than a spy, and when someone has the skeleton key to minds, counter him by leaving the key of caution inside, on the other side of the keyhole.

Do pleasant things yourself, but unpleasant things through others.