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 function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

Another form of wastefulness is expenditure of words beyond the income of ideas.

Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.

Fromlittle acorns mighty oaks do grow.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

Suffer fools gladly, they might be right.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

All your fingernails grow with no convenient speed except broken one.