Conduct is wise or foolish only in reference to its results.

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

Firstkeep the peace within yourself, then you can alsobring peace to others.

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

A clynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing

Silenceis the mother of truth.

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

The talker will lead the dog to the meat market.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

Man's life would be wretched and confined if it were to missthe candid intimacy developed by mutual trust and esteem.

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

He whocannot cut the bread evenly cannot get on well with people.