Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

Loving without dreaming is like going to Venice without riding in a gondola

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

Everyoneis kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.

It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Due to circumstances beyond your control, you are master of your fateand captain of your soul.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

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

You could forgive an enemy. It is harder to forgive yourself.

Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.

Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind