We make our friends, we make our enemies, but God makes our next-door neighbours.

Instinct is the nose of the mind.

I know youbelieve you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realizethat what you heard isn't what I meant.

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

Forbidden fruit can get us into a real jam.

Of all the ways to make your fortune the quickest and the best is to make people see clearly how much is your success is in there interest

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

Firstkeep the peace within yourself, then you can alsobring peace to others.

No matterhow thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

The great despisers are the greater reverers.

Passionsare generally roused by great conflicts.

Let uswork without disputing. It is the only way to render life tolerable.