It isimpossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyoneelse.

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

Lookingfor fish? Don't climb a tree.

Conduct is wise or foolish only in reference to its results.

Pleasure is the sincerest compliment.

Our distrust is very expensive.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Therecan be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. Hisinstinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, hemost illogically kicks up a row.

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

EDUCATION BEGINS WITH LIFE.

Modesty is the clothing of talent.