If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

The present is never a happy state to any being

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

A man, when he burns, leaves only a handful of ashes. woman can hold him. the wind must blow him away.

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

Drown not thyself to save a drowning man

Only the educated are free.