Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

The man who says he's too old to learn new tricks probably always was.

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

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

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

You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.

The ability to laugh together is the essence of love.

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

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

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