By tryingoften, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion oftrust can make trust.

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and a blind can read.

Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.

Silenceis a true friend that never betrays.

Golf is an expensive way of playing marbles.

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

People say law but they mean wealth.