Action may not always bring Happiness, but there is no happiness without Action.

If you ain'tnever pick up the sword, you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.

Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.

If youare standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.

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

Nothing doth more hurt in a state that cunning men pass for wise.