Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

The greatest trust between man and man is the trust ofgiving counsel.

If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

Onemust talk little and listen much.

Freedom demands respect for the freedom of others.

Kindwords do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

Nothing doth more hurt in a state that cunning men pass for wise.

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