Whenthere is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

You see what power is holding someone else's fear in your handand showing it to them!

Honesty once pawned is never redeemed.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

Teaching may contribute to certain kinds of learning under certain circumstances.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

Adversity introduces a man to himself.

There are always two forces warring against each other within us.

It isimpossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

Sometimes the man of action is the fellow who has just got both his feat in hot water.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

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