Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

Mensucceed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for theirvictories.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

In God we trust; all others pay cash.

The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

Ignorance is a bold, and knowledge reserved

Thegreatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.