Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Search not a wound too deep lest thou maketh a new one.

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

Everything has it's beauty, but not every one sees it.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

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

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

No pillow is as soft as clear conscience.

The desire for change is a sign of safety.