A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

Luck never mad a mad man wise

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

Thesingle most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get upand walk away from the table without a deal.

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

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell peopleyou are, you aren't.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.