Youdon't run twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.

No one is free who does not Lord over himself.

Tobelieve in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

All that is sometimes needed to make you content with you lot is a bad dream.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

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

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.