Wecannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, andrepetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of thesituation.

The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.

Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.

No matterhow thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

No one is rich enough to do without neighbour.

Be slow of tounge and quick of eye.

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.