It's better to let someone think you are an Idiot than to open your mouth and prove it.

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

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

Nobody'sa natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hardto stay on top.

Our errors are steps on the way.

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

Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.

The property of power is to protect.

There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.

Words should be scattered like seeds, no matter how small the seed may be, its it has one found favourable ground, it unfolds its strength.

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

If youcould kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.