If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

A teacher as a person is more important than a teacher as a technician. What he is has more effect than anything he does.

Maturityis the capacity to endure uncertainty.

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

Windowsof opportunity exist for only a brief moment in time, you have to have visionin order to spot them, and take advantage of them.

No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

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

Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

I liketo listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.