Knowledge leads to unity, ignorance to diversity.

A clynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing

The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.

No one wouldtalk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

God made time, but man made haste.

Reasonguides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false,and passion, good or bad.

Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Labour with what zeal we will. Something still remains undone.

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.