A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

Afanatic is a person who can’t change his mind and won’t change.

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.

When a man meets his mates society begins.

Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.

A goodpreparation takes longer than the delivery.

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.