Since God made us to be originals, why stoop to be a copy?

Bargainlike a gypsy, but pay like a gentleman.

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important

It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

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

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you willlive in torment if you don't trust enough.

The darkest hour has only 60 minutes

The comforter's head never aches.

Supicion of one's own motives is especially necessary for the philanthropist and the executive.