The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.

Status symbols are medals you buy yourself

Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.

Never play cat and mouse games if you are a mouse.

The hand of liberty is stronger than arms of power.

The lust for power in dominating others inflames the heartmore than any other passion.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Kindwords do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

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

At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

Creation is only the projection into form of that which already exists.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out