Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

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

Be yourself and speak your mind today, though it contradicts all you have said before.

Mensucceed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for theirvictories.

Malicedrinketh its own poison.

Only freemen can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom andmine cannot be separated.

Nobody everforgets where he buried the hatchet.

Peopledo not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but tomaintain an opinion for the sake of talking.

Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

Well done is better than well said.

Whenyou lose, don't lose the lesson.