Ability is poor men's wealth

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

Differentfields, different grasshoppers; different seas, different fish.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Opportunists take now for an answer.

Whenevertwo good people argue over principles, they are both right.

Relationships of trust depend on our willingness to looknot only to our own interests, but also the interests of others.

A miserand a liar bargain quickly.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

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

Thecourts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputesbegins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternativemethods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.