You see what power is holding someone else's fear in your handand showing it to them!

Whoever does not know the truth is ignorant, but the one who knows the truth but denies is a criminal

Nothing has happend to you unless you make much of it.

Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

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 slyrabbit will have three openings to its den.

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetitionimpresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

You're ina much better position to talk with people when they approach you than whenyou approach them.