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

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Eyes are more accurate witness than ears

Bestill when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

To be preparedis half the victory.

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

The spokenword belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens.

Education is the ability to listen to almost everything without losing your temper or self-confidence.

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