A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.

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

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

You made your bed, now lie in it.

Love is the noblest frailty of the of the mind

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.

It's better to let someone think you are an Idiot than to open your mouth and prove it.

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

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.