Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.

Every man is entitled to be valued by his best moment

A man's ruin lies in his tongue.

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.

The hand of liberty is stronger than arms of power.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

you can not strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.