A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

Windowsof opportunity exist for only a brief moment in time, you have to have visionin order to spot them, and take advantage of them.

Keep inmind that the better you understand what you want and why you want it, thebetter your chances will be of acquiring it.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

Sometimesone pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

Theability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

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

Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.

Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.