Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

Analysis kills spontaneity.The grain once ground to floor,springs and germinates no more.

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

We areall faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised asimpossible situations.

Work without faith is like at attempt to reach a bottom-less pit.

It's notthe size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

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

Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed thanto be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.

The property of power is to protect.