Repentance is the attempt of the inner man to return home after wonderful night out

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

Drown not thyself to save a drowning man

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.

Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

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

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

Few things are harder to pus up with than the annoyance of a good example.