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

No one lies as much as the indignant do.

One cannot be precise and still be pure.

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

The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

Life has become a struggle between keeping your weight down and you spirits up.

If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted intoenergy, even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that canmove the world.

We areall inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.

Theloftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

History is the witness of the times, the light of truth.