Every man is wanted; and no man is wanted much.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

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

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escapea hundred days of sorrow.

A goodpreparation takes longer than the delivery.

It's whenyou're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

The problem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

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

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

Let usnever negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.