Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

Drowning problems in an ocean of information is not the same as solving them.

The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

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

Malice drinketh its own poison.

The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.

You make a mountain of a mole-hill.

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

Loving without dreaming is like going to Venice without riding in a gondola

We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Anounce of mediation is worth a pound of arbitration and a ton of litigation!

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escapea hundred days of sorrow.