A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

Example is better than following it.

Stability is not immobility

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.

Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Anounce of mediation is worth a pound of arbitration and a ton of litigation!

Action may not always bring Happiness, but there is no happiness without Action.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.