States are doomed when they are unable to distinguish good men from bad.

The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue.

When brothers agree, no fortress is so strong as their common life.

There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself - an enemy who has lost his temper and a friend who loves you dearly.

Quarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive.

It is better to fall in with crows than with flatterers; for in the one case you are devoured when dead, in the other case while alive.

As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.

It is a royal privilege to do good and be ill spoken of.

Royalty does good and is badly spoken of.

Not to unlearn what you have learned is the most necessary kind of learning.

Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes.

Enjoy the rainbow while it lasts and don't chase it when it's gone.

In the land of the blind the one eyed man is king. In the darkness the man with a candle is an easy target.

A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts.

After the launch phase, your product is old news. Take advantage of the opportunity to generate interest when your product is new.

You know, I always say white is not a colour, white is an attitude, and if you haven't got trillions of dollars in the bank that you don't need, you can't be white.

A recent conversation: Dubya: Look at the clock, time is racing! Cheney: That's the second hand, George.

Compassion is the fellow-feeling of the unsound.

Now that you're Secretary of War, what kind of an army do you think we ought to have?

You lose the world for a glance? Of course you do. That is what the world is for: to lose under the right circunstances.

Sometimes hearing the stories is going to change people's lives much more than if they read it.