A room without books is a body without soul

Well done is better than well said.

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

We gain freedom when we have paid full price for our right to live.

Onlywhen all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.

Allthings at first appear difficult.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

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

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous