Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

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

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Ittakes time to save time.

Youdon't run twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

You've gotto know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, knowwhen to run.

Tranquility will roof a house, but discord can wear away the foundation of a city.

Tobelieve in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

Bekind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

Habit: the shackles of the free

War does not determine who is right - only who is left

There is no knowledge that is not power.