The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

No man everdid a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater tohimself .

Success is often the result of taking a mis-step in the right direction.

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

Worry is a circle of inefficient thoughts whirling about a point of fear.

Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.

You could forgive an enemy. It is harder to forgive yourself.