Malice drinketh its own poison.

We gain freedom when we have paid full price for our right to live.

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

Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escapea hundred days of sorrow.

A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.

My fathersaid: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let theother fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for alwaysmaking all the money, you won't have many deals.

Whenyou're at the edge of a cliff, sometimes progress is a step backwards.

Like aball batted back and forth, a human being is batted by two forces within.

A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Aperson whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow anelephant.

No doctor is a good doctor who has never been ill himself.