You've gotto know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, knowwhen to run.

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

Stability is not immobility

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.

Prayer changes things by changing people.

A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyoneelse.

Aperson whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow anelephant.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.