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

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Itis all right if you talk to yourself. It is all right if you answer yourself.But when you start disagreeing with the answers, you've got a problem.

The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.

Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

One of the difficult things to give away is kindness - is usually returned

Badplanning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

Life without the Courage is death for slavery.

you can not strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

To like and dislike the same thing, that is, indeed, friendship.