Chances happens to all, but to turn chance to reality is the gift of the few.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to.

Outside noisy, inside empty.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

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

Given afair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high,not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whateverterms are offered us? No.

You've gotto know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, knowwhen to run.

The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a refuge from home life.