One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Talkingmuch about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.

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

He whotalks incessantly, talks nonsense.

There'sno point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

What dowe live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier tobe sometimes cheated than not to trust.

It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

A manneed never revenge himself; the body of his enemy will be brought to his owndoor.