Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

Thepeak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

Silenceis a true friend that never betrays.

We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

Communicationis not only the essence of being human, but also a vital property of life.

The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.

Superioty and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.

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

You don'thave to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth. Success hasmade failures of many men.