Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

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

Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Angels fly, because they take themselves lightly.

It is throughcooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will bederived.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

The property of power is to protect.

Youdon't run twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.