Too late is the medicine prepared, when the disease has strengthened by long delay.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'

If you ain'tnever pick up the sword, you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

If speakingis silver, then listening is gold.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

The greatest prayer is patience.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho