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

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.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

Liberty and democracy becomes unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.

Welearn little from victory, much from defeat.

Wisdom is what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.

Education is the ability to listen to almost everything without losing your temper or self-confidence.

Stoppingat third base adds no more to the score than striking out.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.