Love arrives on tiptoe and bangs the door when it leaves.

People who invite trouble always complain when it occurs.

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

Experience is a hard teacher because SHE gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

Wheneveryou're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make thedifference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factoris attitude.

Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.

To beprepared is half the victory.

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

Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of thetaking is empowerment in itself.

Nobody'sa natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hardto stay on top.