Indifference

Doctors are the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

I never think of the future. It comes soon enough

The value of life ist not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them; a man may live long yet very little

Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter

To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing

People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors

Power is not alluring to pure minds

What a blessing it would be if we could open and shut our ears as easily as we open and shut our eyes

If a lump of soot falls into the soup and you cannot conveniently get it out, stir it well in and it will give the soup a French taste

The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty as the son who neglects them

Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark

It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep may be.

He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well

An undutiful daughter will prove an unmanageable wife

War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can.

That government is best which governs least

I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am