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

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

Humality is a strange thing. The minute you think you've got it, you've lost it.

A manneed never revenge himself; the body of his enemy will be brought to his owndoor.

Change meansmovement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

Drown not thyself to save a drowning man

All that is sometimes needed to make you content with you lot is a bad dream.

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

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

Theloftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.

A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.