To believein something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

He whocannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

In Prayer it is better to have a Heart without Words than words without a Heart.

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

Icannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the mostargumentative.

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

Constant repetition carries conviction.

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

Every age thinks its battle the most important of all.

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speakthe truth, and they never believe me.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.