The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell peopleyou are, you aren't.

He whocannot cut the bread evenly cannot get on well with people.

He whois unable to dance says the yard is stony.

A man sits as many risks as he runs.

Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

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

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

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, Beautiful old people are works of art.

Conscience is the frame of character, love is the covering for it.

Enthusiasm sees only the down payment.

No battle is more sorely lost that the one not fought