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

Thereis nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries thanan agreement.

Golf is an expensive way of playing marbles.

The great essentials of happiness are: something to do,something to love and something to hope for.

All mankind is divided into three classes: those who are immovable; those who are movable; and those who move.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Theproblem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

They know enough who know how to learn.

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

Wenever have the time to do it right but always have time to do it over.