Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares

Windowsof opportunity exist for only a brief moment in time, you have to have visionin order to spot them, and take advantage of them.

He whocannot cut the bread evenly cannot get on well with people.

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

Theconventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.

When indoubt, ask. When not in doubt, ask. If you are not in doubt, you may bekidding yourself.

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

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

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