Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

Too late is the medicine prepared, when the disease has strengthened by long delay.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Talkingcomes by nature, silence by wisdom.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

Thetime to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.