Scurrility has no object in view but incivility; if it is uttered from feelings of petulance, it is mere abuse; if it is spoken in a joking manner, it may be considered raillery.

There are two ways to resolve conflicts, through violence or through negotiation. Violence is for wild beasts, negotiation is for human beings.

Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

If you would abolish covetousness, you must abolish its mother, profusion.

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.