You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

There'sno need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.

The most successful man in the life is the man who has the best information.

Nevermistake silence for agreement.

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

Youcan't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

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

A hard job is one which leaves a fellow as tired before week-end as after.

What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.