All that is sometimes needed to make you content with you lot is a bad dream.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

Opportunity may be hard to recognize if you are only looking for a lucky break.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do something to love, and something to hope for.

When weblame, we give away our power.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

I think I could sum up my position on this with therecitation of a brief Russian proverb ‘Doveryai no Proveryai.’ Itmeans trust but verify.

Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.

Sometimesone pays most for the things one gets for nothing.