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

Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.

A language is like living skin itself.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

Tofight fear, act. To increase fear wait, put off, postpone.

Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was tht they escaped teething.

Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.

No matter how good the idea of the other fellow may be, there is always a better one !

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.