We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.

Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.

Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

The worst form of injustice is pretended justice.

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

It's good to shut up sometimes.

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

In all superstitions wise men follow fools.

What is required is sight and insight, then you might add one more excite.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out