There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

Before youbuild a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

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

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

Hearme, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

There is much more learning than knowing in the world.

Malice drinketh its own poison.

When regard for truth has been broken down or evenslightly weakened, all things will remain doubtful.

Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid

Kind wordscan be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.