A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

Don'tthrow out the baby with the bath water.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

Trust resides squarely between faith and doubt.

The art of showmanship is to give the public what is wants just before it knows what it wants.

A language is like living skin itself.