Manyspeak much who cannot speak well.

The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.

Another form of wastefulness is expenditure of words beyond the income of ideas.

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

Be notdisturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed at not understanding.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell peopleyou are, you aren't.

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

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

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.