Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Fools rush in where fools have been before.

Tranquility will roof a house, but discord can wear away the foundation of a city.

Teaching may contribute to certain kinds of learning under certain circumstances.

None but the productive can be strong; and none but the strong can be free.

Youcan't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.