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

Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

Health and Cheerfulness mutually begets each other.

To teach isto learn twice.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

To be preparedis half the victory.

Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than less to lerated.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

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

Thereward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

Differentfields, different grasshoppers; different seas, different fish.