The spokenword belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Those who trust us educate us.

Almost all four faults are more pardonable than the methods we think up to hide them

Truthsprings from argument amongst friends.

Step after step the ladder is ascended

Take yourlife into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth.

You may give gifts without caring, but you can't care without giving

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

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

Mandoes not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eatthem.