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

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

In God we trust; all others pay cash.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

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

Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

Suspicion begets suspicion.

Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

Mandoes not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eatthem.