Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

Golf is an expensive way of playing marbles.

Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits

At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

Conduct is wise or foolish only in reference to its results.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

Whenmen and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons arealways different.

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

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

None but the productive can be strong; and none but the strong can be free.

It is throughcooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will bederived.