Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

If you ain't never pick up the sword,you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure yourealize that what you heard isn't what I meant.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Every man has the right to feel that "Because of me was the world created".

Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.

Life only demands from you the strength you posses