Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

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

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

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

Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and wherepower predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of theother.

Between friends there is no need of Justice.

It is less dangerous to treat most men badly than to treat them too well.

The greatest trust between man and man is the trust ofgiving counsel.

Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.