If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

Luck never mad a mad man wise

Nothing lays itself open to the change of exaggeration more than the language of naked truth.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

No battle is more sorely lost that the one not fought

Theshallower the brook, the more it babbles.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Past time is only eviil at a distance.

Let us nevernegotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

You can not help men permanantly by doing for them what they could do for themselves

A faithful friend is medicine of Life.

Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.