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

Sometimesone pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

If you don't know where you're going, you'll end upsomewhere else.

All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.

Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits

Whenpeople say women can’t be trusted because they cycle every month, myresponse is that men cycle every day, so they should only be allowed tonegotiate peace treaties in the evening.

Success is often the result of taking a mis-step in the right direction.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

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