We knowwhat happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.

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

The man who says he's too old to learn new tricks probably always was.

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

Conflictleads to less-than-adequate performance, resentments, and lack of motivation.

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

Don't throwout the baby with the bath water.

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper upbringing, a sound set of values.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.