Thehardest step is over the threshold.

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

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

Silenceis argument carried out by other means.

Thecourts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputesbegins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternativemethods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.

Don'tconsider your reputation and you may do anything you like.

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

The hand of liberty is stronger than arms of power.

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

I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

Mandoes not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eatthem.