A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.

A lie has no leg, but a scandel has wings

History is the witness of the times, the light of truth.

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.

Past time is only eviil at a distance.

He who is unable to dance says the yard is stony.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holesare deep.

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

Before youbuild a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

Beautifullight is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is oftenthe strongest and the best.