All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

There isnothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for 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

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

An expert is a man, who dosent has all the answers, but he is sure that if that he is given enough money he can find them.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

All thingsat first appear difficult.

Constant repetition carries conviction.

A danger forseen is half avoided.