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

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Don'tclose the barn door after the horse runs away.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

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

It is mark of a good man not to know how to do an injury.

Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Man alone contains within himself as many species as exist on earth.

Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'

Angels fly, because they take themselves lightly.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.