Experience is a hard teacher because SHE gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

Wherethe tongue slips, it speaks the truth.

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

Nevermistake silence for agreement.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

The evolution from happiness to habit is one of death's best weapons.

Experience keeps a dear school, but tools will learn in no other.

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

Search not a wound too deep lest thou maketh a new one.

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