Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

People who fight with fire usually end up with ashes.

A teleision set is like a toaster. You press a button and the same thing pops up almost every time.

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

Beholdthe turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

Money is what things run into and people run out of

It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Better ask ten times than go astray once.

Never answer a letter while you are angry.

What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.

My Strength is made perfect in weakness

Thereare two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone whowon't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?