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

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Our errors are steps on the way.

A newspaper is not just for reporting the news as it is, but to make people angry enough to do something about it

It'sgood to shut up sometimes.

He whocannot cut the bread evenly cannot get on well with people.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

One cannot be precise and still be pure.

We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.

Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves or we know where we can get information upon it.

One of the difficult things to give away is kindness - is usually returned

A Habit is a shirt made of iron.