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

Don't consideryour reputation and you may do anything you like.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted into energy,even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that can movethe world.

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

Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you and scorn in the one ahead.

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Happinessis the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a madand lamentable experiment.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.