A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

If error is corrected whenever it is recognized as such,the path of error is the path of truth.

Therecan be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. Hisinstinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, hemost illogically kicks up a row.

Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

Mandoes not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eatthem.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

Artists can color the sky red because they know its blue.those of us who are not artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we are stupid.

Modesty is the clothing of talent.

Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

Habit: the shackles of the free