I'mjust preparing my impromptu remarks.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

The evolution from happiness to habit is one of death's best weapons.

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives Ideas have endurance without death.

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

Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Faith is continuation of reason.

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.