There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language, an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.

When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry ahundred.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

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

Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.

Evil communication corrupt good manners.

You see what power is holding someone else's fear in your handand showing it to them!

I’mwilling for any solution religious, political. I’m not going to keepoffering to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

Youdon't have to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth.Success has made failures of many men.

Education is the chief defence of a Nation.

Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!