Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

Discord gives a relish to concord.

Action may not always bring Happiness, but there is no happiness without Action.

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.

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 book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

Unresolved:A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicine.