I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everyting... they just make the most of everything that comes along their way...

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

Worry is a circle of inefficient thoughts whirling about a point of fear.

Tell meand I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'llunderstand.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

None but the productive can be strong; and none but the strong can be free.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

Bargainlike a gypsy, but pay like a gentleman.

There isnothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.