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

If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't leads anywhere.

The present is never a happy state to any being

Between friends there is no need of Justice.

Pain is the outcome of sin.

Beware of the chap who reminds you that you can't take it with you . he'll try to take it with him.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.

Nothing do I regret more in my student life that thay my teachers were not my friends

Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.