Chances happens to all, but to turn chance to reality is the gift of the few.

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

To beprepared is half the victory.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

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

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

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