The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.

The planers do not make or mar our destiny. we are the makers of our destiny.

Two prisonerswhose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. Thewall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

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.

There is a foolish corner in the brain of wisest man.

A man sits as many risks as he runs.

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

Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

A man's ruin lies in his tongue.

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.