In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

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

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

A half truth is a whole lie.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.

Suffer fools gladly, they might be right.

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.

Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.

Twoprisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on thewall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.