Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is only brave minutes longer

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

Ignorance is a bold, and knowledge reserved

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

No pillow is as soft as clear conscience.

Honesty and Wisdom are such a delightful pastime, at another person's expense !

Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Ignorancedoesn't kill you, but it does make you sweat a lot.

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.