"Advice is least heeded when most needed."

"Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else have your way."

"He that lives on hope will die fasting."

"A harvest of peace is produced from a seed of contentment."

"Diligence is the mother of good luck."

"A joy that's shared is a joy made double."

"People who want to understand democracy should spend less time in the library with Aristotle and more time on the buses and in the subway."

"There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning, and yearning."

"There is nothing respecting which a man may be so long unconscious as of the extent and strength of his prejudices."

"The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said."

"He who hesitates is a damned fool."

"If you can't do what you want, do what you can."