Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

Theability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

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

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

If you ain'tnever pick up the sword, you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

A manneed never revenge himself; the body of his enemy will be brought to his owndoor.

Who can say more than rich praise, that you alone are you?

It's better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.

Life, Like a child, laughs shaking its rattle of death as it runs.

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning tosee things from the plant's point of view.

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.