Commitmentin the face of conflict produces character.

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

To be preparedis half the victory.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

Nevermiss a good chance to shut up.

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

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.

I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.

People say law but they mean wealth.