The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

Ignorance is a form of environmental pollution.

He whocannot cut the bread evenly cannot get on well with people.

Life has become a struggle between keeping your weight down and you spirits up.

Stoppingat third base adds no more to the score than striking out.

If you ain'tnever pick up the sword, you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

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

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

Whenyou lose, don't lose the lesson.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.