Alexander's last wrds: Bury my body, dont build any monument. Kip my hand outside,so dat d wrld knws,who won th wrld had noting in hand wen dyin.

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

My Strength is made perfect in weakness

Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

People who fight with fire usually end up with ashes.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

We make our friends, we make our enemies, but God makes our next-door neighbours.

Every man has the right to feel that "Because of me was the world created".

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

Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid