Better ask ten times than go astray once.

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

A roundegg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harshaccording to how you speak them.

Forbidden fruit can get us into a real jam.

I'mjust preparing my impromptu remarks.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

Byfailing to prepare you are preparing to fail.

Unresolved:A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicine.

Deep-seatedpreferences cannot be argued about.

Talkingmuch about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

Happiness is the art of making a bouquet of those flowers within reach.