Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.

Don't wrestlea pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side

Nature's instructions are always slow, those of men are generally premature.

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

Ignoring is not the same thing as being tolerant

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

Onlyfree men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedomand mine cannot be separated.

A language is like living skin itself.

All mankind is divided into three classes: those who are immovable; those who are movable; and those who move.

It is throughcooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will bederived.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.