Better hazard than always be in fear.

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.

Let uswork without disputing. It is the only way to render life tolerable.

Man alone contains within himself as many species as exist on earth.

True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

You could forgive an enemy. It is harder to forgive yourself.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous