There is no knowledge that is not power.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Much learning does not teach understanding.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

In loving, you lean on some one to hold him up.

It is easier to be brave from a safe distance.

Be yourself and speak your mind today, though it contradicts all you have said before.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

A caricature is always ture only for an instant.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out