Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

You see what power is holding someone else's fear in your handand showing it to them!

Onlyfree men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedomand mine cannot be separated.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

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

Science has achieved more for the emancipation of masses than the wisdom of sages.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.

To teach isto learn twice.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.