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

Theonly difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way inwhich we use them.

Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

Labour with what zeal we will. Something still remains undone.

Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

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

You've gotto know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, knowwhen to run.

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

It is easier to be brave from a safe distance.

Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.