Unlessa man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

The hand of liberty is stronger than arms of power.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

Before youbuild a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Nothing lays itself open to the change of exaggeration more than the language of naked truth.