Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.

Man show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable.

A nation reveals itself not only by the men it honours, the men it remembers.

If error is corrected whenever it is recognized as such,the path of error is the path of truth.

It'swhen you're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

A man sits as many risks as he runs.

Usenon-verbal communication to SOFTEN the hard-line position of others: S =Smile, O = Open, Posture, F = Forward Lean, T = Touch, E = Eye Contact, N =Nod.

Thepessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunityin every difficulty.

Keep a secret; its you slave. Tell it, and it's your master.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

The art of showmanship is to give the public what is wants just before it knows what it wants.