To copy is to put an end to creativeness. Unless there is originality, you can do nothing.

Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

Ittakes time to save time.

Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

Astupid act entails doing the work twice over.

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

Imagination grows by excercise and in more powerful in the mature rather than in the young.

Thecompromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.