Mirrors should be able to think before reflecting the images.

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

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

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Superioty and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

Bargainlike a gypsy, but pay like a gentleman.

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

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Necessity truns lion into fox.

Nature's instructions are always slow, those of men are generally premature.

Out ofthe fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.