Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Imaginationis the eye of your soul.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

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

There is no knowledge that is not power.

Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits

Cheat me in the price but not in the goods i purchase.

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.

A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

Parents these days scarcely bring up children; they finance them.

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.