Whenmen and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons arealways different.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

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

Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.

He who is overcautious will accomplish little.

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

You can't unscramble an egg.

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

We make our friends, we make our enemies, but God makes our next-door neighbours.

There is no comparison between that which is last by not succeding and that what is last by not trying.

Malice drinketh its own poison.

You may give gifts without caring, but you can't care without giving