You can't unscramble an egg.

If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

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

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

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

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

It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.