He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.

The good rain like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

I am atpeace with God. My conflict is with man.

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

To be preparedis half the victory.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.

Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

He whotalks incessantly, talks nonsense.