you cannot establish sound security on borrowed money

To be preparedis half the victory.

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Bargainlike a gypsy, but pay like a gentleman.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

A man sits as many risks as he runs.

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

Reformers are those who educate people to appreciate the things they need.

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

Nature's instructions are always slow, those of men are generally premature.

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independet.