Instinct is the nose of the mind.

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

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side

A slyrabbit will have three openings to its den.

Sometimesone pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

The property of power is to protect.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

Necessity truns lion into fox.

If you tell the truth, you have infinite power supportingyou; but if not, you have infinite power against you.

Itisn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.

Thecompromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.