Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.

If youare standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

Thetime to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

A newspaper is not just for reporting the news as it is, but to make people angry enough to do something about it

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

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

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.

Our distrust is very expensive.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.