At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper upbringing, a sound set of values.

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

Voilence is a Just when kindness is vain

In God we trust; all others pay cash.

The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

Love is an act of faith and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.

Let us nevernegotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

A clynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing

Genius is a long impatience.

I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.