A man without imagination is like a bird without wings.

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

We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.

The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for to them everything is possible.

Conscience is the frame of character, love is the covering for it.

Negotiatingmeans getting the best of your opponent.

A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.

Thepessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunityin every difficulty.

No man is the whole himself; his friends are the rest of him.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.