An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist

Living is the art of getting used to what we did'nt expect.

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

Remember when feminisit movements were something men gathered on street corners to admire as the girls strolled by

Sayingnothing... sometimes says the most.

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

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

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.