A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

God has created the world in play.

It is easier to be brave from a safe distance.

Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.

If you ain'tnever pick up the sword, you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

Fools rush in where fools have been before.

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

To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.

There are three faithful friends; and old wife, an old dog and ready money.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

Whospreads, sows; Who listens, reaps.