The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do something to love, and something to hope for.

The Shortest distance between two jokes makess a perfect speech.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

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

Experience is a hard teacher because SHE gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

I am atpeace with God. My conflict is with man.

If at first you do succeed, try, try not to be a bore

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.