Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

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

Thefire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

Drown not thyself to save a drowning man

An individual without information can't takeresponsibility. An individual with information can't help but takeresponsibility.

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

Kind wordscan be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.