If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.

When indoubt, ask. When not in doubt, ask. If you are not in doubt, you may bekidding yourself.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

If you would know what nobody knows, read what everybody reads just after one year afterwards.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

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

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 much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude-roots that can be pulled up.

Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

Before youbuild a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.