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 civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Believing that soom good can be derived from every event is a better preposition than that everything happens for the best, which is assuredly does not.

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

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

A man without imagination is like a bird without wings.

Better hazard than always be in fear.

A Leader is a dealer in hope.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.

What wesee depends mainly on what we look for.