A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

Our distrust is very expensive.

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

If anenemy is annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticatedcommunication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.

What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

Don'twrestle a pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.