If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

The planers do not make or mar our destiny. we are the makers of our destiny.

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

Don'tconsider your reputation and you may do anything you like.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

The darkest hour has only 60 minutes

Youdon't have to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth.Success has made failures of many men.

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.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.

We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves byour intentions.