Alexander's last wrds: Bury my body, dont build any monument. Kip my hand outside,so dat d wrld knws,who won th wrld had noting in hand wen dyin.

Experience keeps a dear school, but tools will learn in no other.

Opportunists take now for an answer.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

Thereare two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone whowon't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?

Life is no brief candle- it's a splendid torch!

Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.