Every man is entitled to be valued by his best moment

Health and Cheerfulness mutually begets each other.

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

Between friends there is no need of Justice.

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

One person with a belief is a social power equal to nintynine who have only interest.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

I'mjust preparing my impromptu remarks.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

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