When indoubt, ask. When not in doubt, ask. If you are not in doubt, you may bekidding yourself.

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

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Of all the ways to make your fortune the quickest and the best is to make people see clearly how much is your success is in there interest

In God we trust; all others pay cash.

There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes and those who do not.

We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

He who gainsa victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himselfis all powerful.

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

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