A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.

Liberty and democracy becomes unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.

Nothing lays itself open to the change of exaggeration more than the language of naked truth.

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

Beon a horse when you go in search of a better one.

A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledgeincreases strength.

Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.

Fromlittle acorns mighty oaks do grow.

When youcannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action youshould take choose the bolder.