A danger forseen is half avoided.

A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

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

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.