Forbidden fruit can get us into a real jam.

Angels fly, because they take themselves lightly.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

We areall inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.

The darkest hour has only 60 minutes

Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Imagination grows by excercise and in more powerful in the mature rather than in the young.

Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.

It's good to shut up sometimes.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.