When youcannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action youshould take choose the bolder.

A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is only brave minutes longer

Voilence is a Just when kindness is vain

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

Prayer changes things by changing people.

Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves or we know where we can get information upon it.

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 king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

Don'tjudge a book by its cover.

No manever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greaterto himself .