Ability is poor men's wealth

To be preparedis half the victory.

You made your bed, now lie in it.

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

Every man is wanted; and no man is wanted much.

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed thanto be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.

The basic building block of good communications is the feeling that every humanbeing is unique and of value.

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

Inbusiness, you don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.

We knowwhat happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.