If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Life is no brief candle- it's a splendid torch!

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

We'reeyeball to eyeball and the other fellow just blinked.

Discord gives a relish to concord.

Youcannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.

A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.