The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable

Much learning does not teach understanding.

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

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

Pleasure is the sincerest compliment.

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

Step after step the ladder is ascended

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.