Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

Happiness is a choice that requires affort at times.

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.

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

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

Never play cat and mouse games if you are a mouse.

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