An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

No one is free who does not Lord over himself.

What is required is sight and insight, then you might add one more excite.

Sometimes the man of action is the fellow who has just got both his feat in hot water.

He whocannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

Talkingmuch about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.

A good listeneris not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.

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

Whenour knowing exceeds our sensing, we will no longer be deceived by theillusions of our senses.

Men are mortal, but ideas are immortal.

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

Conduct is wise or foolish only in reference to its results.