Theshallower the brook, the more it babbles.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

He who is unable to dance says the yard is stony.

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

Two man looks out through the same bars: the one sees the mud, the one the stars.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends forwhich we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We haveguided missiles and misguided men.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

Themost important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.

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