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

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

To beprepared is half the victory.

A peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

No one is free who does not Lord over himself.

Pleasure is the sincerest compliment.

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

Unselfishness is more paying,only people have not the patience to practice it.

To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

Prayer changes things by changing people.

When people prophesy, they generally makes the mistake of transforming the past to future.