A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Kindwords do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not hethat you wrong but yourself.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.

Talkingmuch about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.

Youdon't run twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

Silenceis the mother of truth.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.