Whenyou lose, don't lose the lesson.

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

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

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

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

Youdon't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there. Anonymous Agood deal is a state of mind.

Two prisonerswhose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. Thewall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

Theloftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.