The more we see, the more we shall be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

We cannot all be great but we can always attach ourselves to something that is great.

Everyoneis kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.

You don'trun twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Differentfields, different grasshoppers; different seas, different fish.

I think I could sum up my position on this with therecitation of a brief Russian proverb ‘Doveryai no Proveryai.’ Itmeans trust but verify.

The good rain like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off.

Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.

It's notthe will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.