Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

It's notthe will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.

Onlywhen you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard andstrong.

Whenpeople say women can’t be trusted because they cycle every month, myresponse is that men cycle every day, so they should only be allowed tonegotiate peace treaties in the evening.

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for to them everything is possible.

Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

If youare planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in thenegotiations. If you're going to skin a cat, don't keep it as a house cat.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.