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

Let not thy will roar, when the power can but whisper.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

The Universe is not only queerer that we imagine, it is queered than we can imagine.

The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

.Oneshould count each day a separate life.

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; Easy to govern, but impossible to enslave

There isnothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than anagreement.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

In art, as in love, instinct is enogh.