Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

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

In loving, you lean on some one to hold him up.

He who gainsa victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himselfis all powerful.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.

If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not hethat you wrong but yourself.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

Status symbols are medals you buy yourself