In God we trust; all others pay cash.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Nature's instructions are always slow, those of men are generally premature.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Byfailing to prepare you are preparing to fail.

A status symbol is an instrument you clash when you want someone to know you are there.

Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.