The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

A goodplan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the bestway to get there.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Be slow of tounge and quick of eye.

The property of power is to protect.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

A woman has reached reaal women's-lib status when she is the one who forgers the wedding Aniversary

The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

Every age thinks its battle the most important of all.

Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.