Beforeeverything else, getting ready is the secret to success.

We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

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

The loftierthe building the deeper the foundation must be.

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

Onemust talk little and listen much.

Thedeeper the waters are, the more still they run.

Health and Cheerfulness mutually begets each other.

You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.

Themost important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how toget along with people.

It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

A goodpreparation takes longer than the delivery.