It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.

Laughteris the shortest distance between two people.

You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

Thepeople to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagreewith you and are too cowardly to let you know.

Better hazard than always be in fear.

Lookingfor fish? Don't climb a tree.

Not work, but the thought that he must work is what makes the lazy man tired.

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