Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

A lie has no leg, but a scandel has wings

The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.

Creation is only the projection into form of that which already exists.

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

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

If youcould kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; Easy to govern, but impossible to enslave

I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.

True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable