When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry ahundred.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

There are three faithful friends; and old wife, an old dog and ready money.

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

The hero's tomb is the cradle of the people

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

Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.

Youdon't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there. Anonymous Agood deal is a state of mind.