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

Thesearch for someone to blame is always successful.

I know youbelieve you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realizethat what you heard isn't what I meant.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.

The warexisting between the senses and reason.

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

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.