Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

Between friends there is no need of Justice.

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

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

Tranquility will roof a house, but discord can wear away the foundation of a city.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.