One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Chances happens to all, but to turn chance to reality is the gift of the few.

You've gotto know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, knowwhen to run.

It is a good reader that makes a good book.

A caricature is always ture only for an instant.

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.

Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

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

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

Donot wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not he that you wrong but yourself.

Measurement of life should be rather proportioned to the intensity of experience than it's actual length.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.