If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

Peoplewho are only good with hammers see every problem as a nail.

Tranquility will roof a house, but discord can wear away the foundation of a city.

Mistakes are to Life what shadows are to Light.

Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.

Whoever is winning the race will always seem to be invincible.

Donot wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not he that you wrong but yourself.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.

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

The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.