Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

Don'twrestle a pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

My fathersaid: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let theother fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for alwaysmaking all the money, you won't have many deals.

The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for to them everything is possible.

Oppositesattract and then can't stand each other.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

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

Tell meand I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'llunderstand.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.