Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

Everyoneis wise until he speaks.

God has created the world in play.

Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

Takeyour life into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

If anenemy is annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy.

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

Usesoft words and hard arguments.

He whoangers you, conquers you.