Drown not thyself to save a drowning man

We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

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

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

Thecourts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputesbegins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternativemethods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.

Malicedrinketh its own poison.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

The work of an unknown good man is like a vein of water flow hidden underground, secretly making the ground greener.

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

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

Chances happens to all, but to turn chance to reality is the gift of the few.