Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.

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

It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

Thefreedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those whosay, What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.

Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Too late is the medicine prepared, when the disease has strengthened by long delay.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

Every man has the right to feel that "Because of me was the world created".

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.