Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

Between friends there is no need of Justice.

A merefriend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.

The more you seat in peace, the less you bleed in war

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

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

Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

No man is the whole himself; his friends are the rest of him.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

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