"To a quick question, give a slow answer."

"If you scatter thorns, don't go barefoot."

"He that jokes confesses."

"After the game, the king and pawn go into the same box."

"By learning to obey, you will know how to command."

"Once the game is over, the King and the pawn go back in the same box."

"Memory is the greatest of artists, and effaces from your mind what is unnecessary."

"The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself."

"Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't try to do things. You simply must do things."

"People who count their chickens before they are hatched, act very wisely, because chickens run about so absurdly that it is impossible to count them accurately."

"Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat"

"Today, a successful Congressman has the fundraising ability of a hooker trying to raise cab fare home...."