Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.

Malice drinketh its own poison.

Byfailing to prepare you are preparing to fail.

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, Beautiful old people are works of art.

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

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in thesame sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!