Coexistence, living together Quotes

Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.

Those men get along best with women who can get along best without them

Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?

He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander

You have not converted a man because you have silenced him

The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong

There is no defense against criticism except obscurity

Young men soon give, and soon forget affronts, old age is slow in both

That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what other motive can make a father cruel?

Our disputants put me in mind of the scuttle fish, that when he is unable to extricate himself, blackens all the water about him, till he becomes invisible

There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty

Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.

Civilization degrades the many to exalt the few

Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine

Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest response.

Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness

Anybody, providing he knows how to be amusing, has the right to talk about himself

He who loves his enemies betrays his friends; this surely is not what Jesus meant.

Forgiveness of enemies can only come upon their repentance

The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.