Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

Life has become a struggle between keeping your weight down and you spirits up.

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

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

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Hatred does not not cease by hatred; but only by rule; this is the eternal rule.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.

The good rain like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off.