He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.

Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.

A man'sconversation is the mirror of his thoughts.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escapea hundred days of sorrow.

Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.

Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a house full of books isin't poor.

Bargainlike a gypsy, but pay like a gentleman.

True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable

To start blindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness,and will lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

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