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

Unlessa man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

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

Youcan't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come toyou. You have to go to them sometimes.

Tofight fear, act. To increase fear wait, put off, postpone.

The art of showmanship is to give the public what is wants just before it knows what it wants.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

The present is never a happy state to any being

Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

Alexander's last wrds: Bury my body, dont build any monument. Kip my hand outside,so dat d wrld knws,who won th wrld had noting in hand wen dyin.