The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

Keep a secret; its you slave. Tell it, and it's your master.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come great harmony.

The mostdramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men butbetween a man and himself where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

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

What is well done is done soon enough.

Anempty sack cannot stand up.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independet.

Genius is a long impatience.