The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

The principle of equal protection is a positive concept implying equality of treatment in equal circumstances.

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

Don'twrestle a pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

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

Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.

Prayrer changes things by changing people.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.