Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.

A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.

Themore adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it isto make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that morepeople will make more plans in such areas.

Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

Myfather said: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Letthe other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation foralways making all the money, you won't have many deals.

Education is the ability to listen to almost everything without losing your temper or self-confidence.

An individual without information can't takeresponsibility. An individual with information can't help but takeresponsibility.

A bad workman never gets a good tool.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.