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

Life cannot go on without much forgetting.

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

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

Nostrength within, no respect without.

Donot wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not he that you wrong but yourself.

A hard job is one which leaves a fellow as tired before week-end as after.

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Knowlege is two-fold, and consists not only an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is faise

Usesoft words and hard arguments.