The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

Constantrepetition carries conviction.

Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

The present is never a happy state to any being

Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.

Fools rush in where fools have been before.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

You'vegot to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, know when to run.

There isnothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than anagreement.

Habit: the shackles of the free