Nothing do I regret more in my student life that thay my teachers were not my friends

You don'thave to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth. Success hasmade failures of many men.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

Maturityis the capacity to endure uncertainty.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

Thepessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunityin every difficulty.

It'snot the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes thedifference.

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