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

The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for to them everything is possible.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

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

Wisdom is what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

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

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

There are always two forces warring against each other within us.

Sacrificers are not the ones to pity. The ones to pity are those they sacrifice.

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holes are deep.