It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.

The more you seat in peace, the less you bleed in war

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

A nation reveals itself not only by the men it honours, the men it remembers.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.

You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Thefreedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those whosay, What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.

If you tell the truth, you have infinite power supportingyou; but if not, you have infinite power against you.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.