By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

What is well done is done soon enough.

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.

Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was tht they escaped teething.

Firstkeep the peace within yourself, then you can alsobring peace to others.

Love arrives on tiptoe and bangs the door when it leaves.

Laughter is shortest distance between two people.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

You grow up the day you have first real laugh - at yourself

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