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

Our distrust is very expensive.

Onlyfree men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedomand mine cannot be separated.

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

A school should be the most beautiful place in every town- so beautiful tht the punishment for undutiful children should be that they be debarred from going to school the following day.

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.

We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.

God has created the world in play.

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

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who haveit; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

The spokenword belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens.