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

I think I could sum up my position on this with therecitation of a brief Russian proverb ‘Doveryai no Proveryai.’ Itmeans trust but verify.

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.

Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

Accomplishmentof purpose is better than making a profit.

Life, Like a child, laughs shaking its rattle of death as it runs.

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

Two prisonerswhose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. Thewall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.

The work of an unknown good man is like a vein of water flow hidden underground, secretly making the ground greener.

A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyoneelse.

Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.