A hard job is one which leaves a fellow as tired before week-end as after.

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

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Ignorance is a form of environmental pollution.

True youth is a quality which is acquired only with age.

Trust is difficult to define, but we know when it's presentand when it's not.

If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.

Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.

Byfailing to prepare you are preparing to fail.