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Nothing More Enhances Authority Than Silence. It Is The Crowning Virtue Of The Strong, The Refuge Of The Weak, The Modesty Of The Proud, The Pride Of The Humble, The Prudence Of The Wise, And The Sense Of Fools. To Speak Is To . . . Dissipate One's Strength; Whereas What Action Demands Is Concentration. Silence Is A Necessary Preliminary To The Ordering Of One's Thoughts.

The Cabinet Has No Propositions To Make, But Orders To Give.

Difficulty Attracts The Characterful Man, For It Is By Grasping It That He Fulfils Himself.

To Govern Is Always To Choose Among Disadvantages.

Deliberation Is A Function Of The Many; Action Is The Function Of One.