No one wouldtalk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Action may not always bring Happiness, but there is no happiness without Action.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Any man's death diminishes me, because i am involved in mankind; and, therefore, never tend to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Marriagemeans expectations and expectations mean conflict.

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.

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