A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives Ideas have endurance without death.

Buyingis cheaper than asking.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

The good neighbour looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human, and therefore, brothers.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

What we seek we shall find, what we flee from flee from us.

It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticatedcommunication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.

God has created the world in play.

Nothing is a permanent except change.

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

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.