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

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.

A hard job is one which leaves a fellow as tired before week-end as after.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

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

Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

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

Repentance is the attempt of the inner man to return home after wonderful night out