Theshallower the brook, the more it babbles.

Don't be took quick to belive anything you read.

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

Happiness is the art of making a bouquet of those flowers within reach.

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

An individual without information can't takeresponsibility. An individual with information can't help but takeresponsibility.

Like aball batted back and forth, a human being is batted by two forces within.

Bargainlike a gypsy, but pay like a gentleman.

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

A lifemaking mistakes is not only more honorable, butmore useful than a life spent doing nothing at all.

Don'twrestle a pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.