The more you seat in peace, the less you bleed in war

Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait untilthe deadline looms large.

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid

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

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.

Each time we read, a seed is sown for the future.

Don'tjudge a book by its cover.

Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.