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

No matterhow thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

There isnothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.

Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

Ignoring is not the same thing as being tolerant

Of all the ways to make your fortune the quickest and the best is to make people see clearly how much is your success is in there interest

Opportunity may be hard to recognize if you are only looking for a lucky break.

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

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.

The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.