The loftierthe building the deeper the foundation must be.

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry ahundred.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

It isimpossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

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

A man without imagination is like a bird without wings.

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

Like aball batted back and forth, a human being is batted by two forces within.

Anounce of mediation is worth a pound of arbitration and a ton of litigation!

Creation is only the projection into form of that which already exists.

No one wouldtalk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.