Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.

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

Nomatter how thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

Astupid act entails doing the work twice over.

Speak whenyou are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Keep a secret; its you slave. Tell it, and it's your master.

Nobody'sa natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hardto stay on top.

Mensucceed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for theirvictories.

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination