Youdon't run twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

It is easier to be brave from a safe distance.

All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle.

Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

Bargainlike a gypsy, but pay like a gentleman.

Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.

He whoangers you, conquers you.

Opportunity may be hard to recognize if you are only looking for a lucky break.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

Aperson whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow anelephant.