Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but bystriking true.

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

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

Theonly difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way inwhich we use them.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

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

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Don'tuse a lot where a little will do.

A miserand a liar bargain quickly.

Sayingnothing... sometimes says the most.