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

Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.

Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

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

Let uswork without disputing. It is the only way to render life tolerable.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

There ward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

Keep a secret; its you slave. Tell it, and it's your master.

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left

We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.