Thereward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

Each time we read, a seed is sown for the future.

you cannot establish sound security on borrowed money

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.

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

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holes are deep.

Knowlege is two-fold, and consists not only an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is faise

There arealways two forces warring against each other within us.

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.