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

History is the witness of the times, the light of truth.

So longas a man is angry he cannot be in the right.

Happiness is the wondrous commodity, the more your give; the more you have.

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

Duringthe Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have timeto sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressingproblems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Thego-between wears out a thousand sandals.

Reasonguides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false,and passion, good or bad.

Icannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the mostargumentative.

You grow up the day you have first real laugh - at yourself