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

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

Opportunists take now for an answer.

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends forwhich we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We haveguided missiles and misguided men.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

If an enemyis annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

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

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.