Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

Prejudice is a disease characterised by hardening of categories.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

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Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.

As we grow old...the beauty steals inwards.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper upbringing, a sound set of values.

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

There'sno need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.

Enthusiasm is faith set on fire.