We arethe prisoners of ideas.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

You canobserve a lot by just watching.

Gossip is that which no one claims to like-but everybody enjoys.

Conduct is wise or foolish only in reference to its results.

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

Enthusiasm sees only the down payment.

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

Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.

It'sgood to shut up sometimes.

If I giveyou an egg, and you give me an egg, we will each have one egg.

Aperson whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow anelephant.