Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

Bestill when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

Don't wrestlea pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

I'mjust preparing my impromptu remarks.

Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who haveit; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out