A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

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

Let usnever negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

The problem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

To believein something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

He that can't endure the bad, will not live to see thegood.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

If twopeople on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If theydisagree all the time, then both are useless.

Necessitynever made a good bargain.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.