A fly beforehis own eye is bigger than an elephant in the next field.

Don'tclose the barn door after the horse runs away.

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

If youcould kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

The more we see, the more we shall be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

Within-groupconflict is always personal and emotional even if it begins with impersonalissues.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

Nobody'sa natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hardto stay on top.

Arise, awake and stop not till the goal is reached.

Conduct is wise or foolish only in reference to its results.

Whenyou lose, don't lose the lesson.

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!