Better To Be Safe Than To Be

But One May Say Something And Yet Not Be Able To Do It. Try, For Instance, Lifting Yourself Up By The Bootstraps.

It Is Not Only A Matter Of Not Caring Who Knows - It Is Also A Matter Of Knowing Who Cares.

Better To Be Safe Than To Be Sorry' Is A Remark Of Value Only When These Are The Actual Alternatives.

If You Want To Make An Ordinary Man Happy, Or Think That He Is Happy, Give Him Money, Power, Flattery, Gifts, Honours. If You Want To Make A Wise Man Happy - Improve Yourself!

One Can Give Or Withhold In A Manner Far More Effective, Sophisticated, Useful, Which Is Quite Invisible To People Who Think That Giving Or Withholding Is Done By External Assessment. If You Seek Some Mark Of Favour Or 'promotion', Know That You Are Not Ready For It. Progress Comes Through Capacity To Learn, And Is Irresistible. Nobody Can Stand Between You And Knowledge If You Are Fit For It.