Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.

Beforeeverything else, getting ready is the secret to success.

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

There ward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

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

Life is no brief candle- it's a splendid torch!

A peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

Thereare no secrets. There is no mystery. There is only common sense.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

Tranquility will roof a house, but discord can wear away the foundation of a city.

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.