Dig a well before you are thirsty.

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

Parents these days scarcely bring up children; they finance them.

Action may not always bring Happiness, but there is no happiness without Action.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

Nature's instructions are always slow, those of men are generally premature.

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

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

Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

We arethe prisoners of ideas.

Astupid act entails doing the work twice over.