To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

If you follow me, I may lead you straight to hell, but ifyou trust me, I will lead you back out again.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

Makesure you leave some fat for the other side.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

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.

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

Ignorance is a bold, and knowledge reserved

The evolution from happiness to habit is one of death's best weapons.