To be preparedis half the victory.

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the better joy, responsibility.

The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

When you choose the lesses of two evils always remember there is still an evil.

The greatest trust between man and man is the trust ofgiving counsel.

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is only brave minutes longer

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.