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

Science has achieved more for the emancipation of masses than the wisdom of sages.

Neversay more than is necessary.

Whospreads, sows; Who listens, reaps.

Firstkeep the peace within yourself, then you can alsobring peace to others.

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.

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

At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

Life without the Courage is death for slavery.

A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledgeincreases strength.

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holes are deep.