Thework will teach you how to do it.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

It isimpossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

Talkingmuch about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

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

Work without faith is like at attempt to reach a bottom-less pit.

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

Every age thinks its battle the most important of all.