Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

The loftierthe building the deeper the foundation must be.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Aproblem is a chance for you to do your best.

If you follow me, I may lead you straight to hell, but ifyou trust me, I will lead you back out again.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

Better hazard than always be in fear.

Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted into energy,even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that can movethe world.

Man's life would be wretched and confined if it were to missthe candid intimacy developed by mutual trust and esteem.

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

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.