If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

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

Expreince never helps us avoid doing something foolish; it merely prevents us from enjoying it.

You can't unscramble an egg.

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

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

Creation is only the projection into form of that which already exists.

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.

A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.

Life is no brief candle- it's a splendid torch!

Miracles enables us to judge of doctrine and doctrine enable us to judge of miracles.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical