It is almost the definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.

I never complained of the vicissitudes of fortune, nor suffered my face to be overcast at the revolution of the heavens, except once, when my feet were bare, and I had not the means of obtaining shoes. I came to the chief of Kfah in a state of much dejection, and saw there a man who had no feet. I returned thanks to God and acknowledged his mercies, and endured my want of shoes with patience, and exclaimed,

Sadi Gulistan

A soiled baby, with a neglected nose, cannot be conscientiously regarded as a thing of beauty.

Mark Twain

The fact, if they are there, speak for themselves.

David Seabury

When you have the opportunity, you strike.

Rod Laver

Policymakers have to make judgments based on the best intelligence they get.

Frank Carlucci

Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.

Plato

I have never lied about my relationship with Bill Clinton. The only proven liar, at this point, and the only admitted liar, is Bill Clinton not Gennifer Flowers, not Kathleen Willey, not Paula Jones and not Monica Lewinsky, at this point. He is the only proven liar.

Gennifer Flowers

What is all Knowledge too, but recorded Experience, and a product of History; of which, therefore, Reasoning and Belief, no less than Action and Passion, are essential materials.

Thomas Carlyle

Computers may save time but they sure waste a lot of paper. About 98 percent of everything printed out by a computer is garbage that no one ever reads.

Andy Rooney

When I lose a match, I know that I lose on the court and not in life.

Gabriela Sabatini

The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.

Ulysses S. Grant

Meetings are indispensable when you don't want to do anything.

John Kenneth Galbraith