If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

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

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

Beholdthe turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.

Thecorrect strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreignclients is a Japanese strategy:ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefullyfeel for pressure points.If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Sugges

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

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes and those who do not.

All mankind is divided into three classes: those who are immovable; those who are movable; and those who move.

There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language, an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.