I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure yourealize that what you heard isn't what I meant.

All bravery stands upon comparisons.

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

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

Aproblem is a chance for you to do your best.

Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

Outside noisy, inside empty.

To believein something, and not to live it, is dishonest.