Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.

Only freemen can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom andmine cannot be separated.

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

Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.

If youare standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.