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

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

There is much more learning than knowing in the world.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

Let uswork without disputing. It is the only way to render life tolerable.

There is no evil in the atoms, only in men's souls.

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

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

Honesty and Wisdom are such a delightful pastime, at another person's expense !