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 cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

Reasonguides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false,and passion, good or bad.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

Don'twrestle a pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

Manyspeak much who cannot speak well.

Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs that freedom never endangered.

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

What isthe shortest word in the English language that contains the letters: abcdef? Answer: feedback. Don't forget that feedback isone of the essential elements of good communication.