Mistakes are to Life what shadows are to Light.

The hardeststep is over the threshold.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

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

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.