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

Our distrust is very expensive.

Let usnever negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

Pleasant words are the food of love.

Silenceis the mother of truth.

Whoever is winning the race will always seem to be invincible.

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.