Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

Younever really understand a person until you consider things from his point ofview.

If you follow me, I may lead you straight to hell, but ifyou trust me, I will lead you back out again.

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

Knowlege is two-fold, and consists not only an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is faise

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

Tobelieve in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

Men are mortal, but ideas are immortal.

Donot wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not he that you wrong but yourself.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

If you ain't never pick up the sword,you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.