You can't unscramble an egg.

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

An individual without information can't takeresponsibility. An individual with information can't help but takeresponsibility.

A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

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

As long as there is life there is danger.

Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.