People who fight with fire usually end up with ashes.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

The more we see, the more we shall be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

You make a mountain of a mole-hill.

Power tires only those who do not have it.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

You'vegot to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, know when to run.

As we grow old...the beauty steals inwards.

Nature's instructions are always slow, those of men are generally premature.

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends forwhich we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We haveguided missiles and misguided men.

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

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