When the eyes says one thing, and the tounge another, a practised man relise on the language of first.

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

Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

Ourlives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we dowith conflict that makes the difference.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

When your work speaks for itself,don't interrupt.

Our errors are steps on the way.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

Ittakes time to save time.

Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.