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

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.

Buyingis cheaper than asking.

Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticatedcommunication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.

Wherethe tongue slips, it speaks the truth.

Byfailing to prepare you are preparing to fail.

Sciencecannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame thedebates about those conflicts.

Two prisonerswhose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. Thewall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.