"Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood."

"Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders, than from the arguments of its opposers."

"True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment."

"All excess is ill, but drunkenness is of the worst sort. It spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans men. It reveals secrets, is quarrelsome, lascivious, impudent, dangerous and bad."

"Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children."

"Believe nothing against another but on good authority; and never report what may hurt another, unless it be a greater hurt to some other to conceal it."

"Is fuel efficiency really what we need most desperately? I say that what we really need is a car that can be shot when it breaks down."

"A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait until the deadline looms large."

"Virtue extends our days: he live two lives who relives his past with pleasure."

"Most of the time I don't have much fun. The rest of the time I don't have any fun at all."

"Life is like a ten speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use."

"The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world.Through this I know the advantage of taking no action."