Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

Opportunists take now for an answer.

Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.

A lie has no leg, but a scandel has wings

A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is only brave minutes longer

Use softwords and hard arguments.