Old fools are more foolish than you ones.

Theconventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.

Thetime to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

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

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

The man who opts for revenge should dig two graves.

You can't go very far if you don't begin very near.

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

Onlywhen you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard andstrong.

The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.