Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.

The world is a mountain, in which your words are echoed back to you.

A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special...

Madness does not govern a country; discussion does.

Never miss a good chance to shut up.

I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.

The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.

Man is a social animal.