Whodigs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

A peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Use softwords and hard arguments.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

You can't unscramble an egg.

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