Makesure you leave some fat for the other side.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

The ability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

The great despisers are the greater reverers.

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

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

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth.

There are three faithful friends; and old wife, an old dog and ready money.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.