Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

How should the lamb negotiate with the lion.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

Years wrinkle the face, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

Theshallower the brook, the more it babbles.

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

Marriagemeans expectations and expectations mean conflict.

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.