Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

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

It's not only later than you think- it's sooner than you suspect.

We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

Thereward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

Don't wrestlea pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

The Pursuit of perfection is the persuit of sweetness and light.