Between grief and nothing I will take Grief.

Nothing doth more hurt in a state that cunning men pass for wise.

Onlyfree men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedomand mine cannot be separated.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Action may not always bring Happiness, but there is no happiness without Action.

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

Gossip is that which no one claims to like-but everybody enjoys.

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.