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

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

A man without imagination is like a bird without wings.

Thego-between wears out a thousand sandals.

The talker will lead the dog to the meat market.

Parents these days scarcely bring up children; they finance them.

A peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

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

A Habit is a shirt made of iron.