Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth.

Living is the art of getting used to what we did'nt expect.

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government

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

Almost all four faults are more pardonable than the methods we think up to hide them

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Peacecan not be kept by force. It can only be won, through understanding. Ourlonging for understandingis Eternal.

Afanatic is a person who can’t change his mind and won’t change.

Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you and scorn in the one ahead.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.