Don't wrestlea pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

Unlessa man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.

Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.