Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse.
All great change in America begins at the dinner table.
The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.
We dance round in a ring and suppose, But the secret sits in the middle and knows.
Education doesn't change life much. It just lifts trouble to a higher plane of regard.
Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
There never was any heart truly great and generous, That was not also tender and compassionate.
The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity.
The mind is everything; what you think you become
To move the world we must move ourselves.
Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
Through your rags I see your vanity.
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.
Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.
When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.
“If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.”
“Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.”
Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.
Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster.
“To rely on rustics and not prepare is the greatest of crimes; to be prepared beforehand for any contingency is the greatest of virtues.”
In making tactical dispositions, the highest pitch you can attain is to conceal them.