Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

A merefriend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.

There is no passion in life as intense as the desire to change someone else's draft.

Mensucceed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for theirvictories.

What wesee depends mainly on what we look for.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

When the eyes says one thing, and the tounge another, a practised man relise on the language of first.

It's whenyou're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

Many a gem of wisdom have gone unsaid, because someone lacked ability to express it.