We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.

Wisdom is what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

A language is like living skin itself.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Don't throwout the baby with the bath water.

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, Beautiful old people are works of art.

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

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