The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

Themore adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it isto make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that morepeople will make more plans in such areas.

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

Religion is behaviour and not mere belief.

Malicedrinketh its own poison.

Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.

The more we see, the more we shall be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

Any man can make mistakes but only an idiot persists in his error.

The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

It's better to let someone think you are an Idiot than to open your mouth and prove it.

Talk back to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him