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 means by which we live have outdistanced the ends forwhich we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We haveguided missiles and misguided men.

Our errors are steps on the way.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

A lie has no leg, but a scandel has wings

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

There isnothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.

It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.