Mirrors should be able to think before reflecting the images.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Chances happens to all, but to turn chance to reality is the gift of the few.

What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.

Thepeak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

Unlessa man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

If youare planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in thenegotiations. If you're going to skin a cat, don't keep it as a house cat.

All bravery stands upon comparisons.

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

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

The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty.