Twobirds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

Between grief and nothing I will take Grief.

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

Loving without dreaming is like going to Venice without riding in a gondola

Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.