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

Prayer changes things by changing people.

If at first you do succeed, try, try not to be a bore

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

Evil alone has oil for every wheel

Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?

you cannot establish sound security on borrowed money

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

It is throughcooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will bederived.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.