Parents these days scarcely bring up children; they finance them.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.

Education is the ability to listen to almost everything without losing your temper or self-confidence.

Conflictis neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

All bravery stands upon comparisons.

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

Thesingle most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get upand walk away from the table without a deal.

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