Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

One hallmark of freedom is the sound of laughter.

Status symbols are medals you buy yourself

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion

When a man meets his mates society begins.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

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