He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

Thego-between wears out a thousand sandals.

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

The weaknesses of many make leader possible.

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

Poetry is the impish attempt to paint the colour of the wind.

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

Don'tbe afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Experience keeps a dear school, but tools will learn in no other.