Inspiration is apt to come only while one is working, waited for, it usually keeps waiting.

Buying ischeaper than asking.

No one is free who does not Lord over himself.

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

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

When people prophesy, they generally makes the mistake of transforming the past to future.

Could agreater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’seyes for an instant?

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

Icannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you the formula forfailure: Try to please everyone.

Two man looks out through the same bars: the one sees the mud, the one the stars.

You could forgive an enemy. It is harder to forgive yourself.

Too late is the medicine prepared, when the disease has strengthened by long delay.