We gain freedom when we have paid full price for our right to live.

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

Be yourself and speak your mind today, though it contradicts all you have said before.

Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

To believein something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

A good listeneris not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

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

It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.