It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

No battle is more sorely lost that the one not fought

Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else. -Will Rogers

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

All your fingernails grow with no convenient speed except broken one.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.

The art of showmanship is to give the public what is wants just before it knows what it wants.