Imaginationis the eye of your soul.

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.

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

He whotalks incessantly, talks nonsense.

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

Thefreedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those whosay, What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but bystriking true.

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

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

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

Thereis nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries thanan agreement.