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

Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.

Who can say more than rich praise, that you alone are you?

There is all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Imaginationis the eye of your soul.

To startblindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, andwill lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.

Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

Whoever does not know the truth is ignorant, but the one who knows the truth but denies is a criminal