If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality.

What a good thing Adam had. When he said a good thing he knew nobody had said it before.

When I am getting ready to reason with a man I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say, and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say.

Poverty is the worst form of violence.

Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered.

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

It is often necessary to know how to obey a woman in order sometimes to have the right to command her.

War is a defeat for humanity.

We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect. The judgement of the intellect is only part of the truth.

How sweet for those faring badly to forget their misfortunes, even for a short time.

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