Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

Don'tthrow out the baby with the bath water.

A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

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

Nevermiss a good chance to shut up.

The art of showmanship is to give the public what is wants just before it knows what it wants.

I’mwillin’ for any solution — religious, political. I’m not going to keepofferin’ to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

You don'trun twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

A lifemaking mistakes is not only more honorable, butmore useful than a life spent doing nothing at all.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.