The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.

Differentfields, different grasshoppers; different seas, different fish.

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Be notdisturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed at not understanding.

We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Letevery eye negotiate for itself, and trust no agent.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Thecourts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputesbegins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternativemethods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.