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

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

Suffer fools gladly, they might be right.

Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

Jealousy arises from lack of Confidence, not in others, but in onself.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

To live is, in itself, avalue judgement. To breathe is to judge.

The first duty of love is to listen.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Every age thinks its battle the most important of all.