Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

Do notfind fault, find a remedy.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

Opportunity may be hard to recognize if you are only looking for a lucky break.

Whenmen and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons arealways different.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left

The darkest hour has only 60 minutes

Within-groupconflict is always personal and emotional even if it begins with impersonalissues.

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

It seemedrather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, weoften suffer from a shortage of listeners.