There isnothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for 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

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

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

Usesoft words and hard arguments.

Thedeepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

The property of power is to protect.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

A fly beforehis own eye is bigger than an elephant in the next field.

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