The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

Makesure you leave some fat for the other side.

A state with defective laws will have defective morals.

Any man can make mistakes but only an idiot persists in his error.

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

How should the lamb negotiate with the lion.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

A newbroom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.