Unknown

You will break the bow if you keep it always stretched.

Unknown, in Work and Recreation

Try to get all of your posthumous medals in advance.

Unknown, in Life and Death and Success and Failure

To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

To err is human, to blame the next guy even more so.

Unknown, in Altruism and Cynicism

To err is human, to forgive unusual.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than three men, two of them absent.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

To live a perfect life, you must ask nothing, give nothing, and expect nothing.

Unknown, in Happiness and Misery and Life and Death

To succeed in politics, it is often necessary to rise above your principles.

Unknown, in Law and Politics

Trust everybody, but cut the cards.

Unknown, in Altruism and Cynicism

Trust in Allah, but tie your camel.

Unknown, (Muslim proverb), in Wisdom and Ignorance

Truth fears no questions.

Unknown, in Vice and Virtue

True friendship is seen through the heart, not through the eyes.

Unknown, in Love and Hate

My wife says I never listen to her. At least I think that's what she says.

Unknown, in Men and Women

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.

Unknown, in Men and Women

Never argue with a fool. Someone watching may not be able to tell the difference.

Unknown, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Never ask the barber if you need a haircut.

Unknown, in Altruism and Cynicism

Never deprive someone of hope -- it may be all they have.

Unknown, in Altruism and Cynicism

Ninety-Ninety Rule of Project Schedules: The first ninety percent of the task takes ninety percent of the time, and the last ten percent takes the other ninety percent.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

Marriage is not a word -- it is a sentence.

Unknown, in Love and Hate

No one gets too old to learn a new way of being stupid.

Unknown, in Wisdom and Ignorance