Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

Unselfishness is more paying,only people have not the patience to practice it.

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

I’mwilling for any solution religious, political. I’m not going to keepoffering to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

The hardeststep is over the threshold.

In loving, you lean on some one to hold him up.

Men are mortal, but ideas are immortal.

Buyingis cheaper than asking.

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

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

Inspiration comes of working every day.