Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

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

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Long-rangeplanning works best in the short term.

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

Ittakes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on thejob.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

Ignorancedoesn't kill you, but it does make you sweat a lot.

Worry is a circle of inefficient thoughts whirling about a point of fear.