The amount of effort put into a campaign by a worker expands in proportion to the personal benefits that he will derive from his party's victory.

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

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

He understands badly who listens badly.

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

Neversay more than is necessary.

Angels fly, because they take themselves lightly.

Humality is a strange thing. The minute you think you've got it, you've lost it.

Honesty once pawned is never redeemed.