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 pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Thetime to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

Sometimes the man of action is the fellow who has just got both his feat in hot water.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

Don'tthrow out the baby with the bath water.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

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.

Differentfields, different grasshoppers; different seas, different fish.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

If wemanage conflict constructively, we harness its energy for creativity and development.