Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

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

Never answer a letter while you are angry.

The man who opts for revenge should dig two graves.

Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.

Kindwords do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

To like and dislike the same thing, that is, indeed, friendship.

All that is sometimes needed to make you content with you lot is a bad dream.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

One person with a belief is a social power equal to nintynine who have only interest.