Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

Theability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.

In loving, you lean on some one to hold him up.

The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.

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

The man who says he's too old to learn new tricks probably always was.

Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.

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

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.

Thetrouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought ofyet.