Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

The hearthas arguments with which the logic of mind is not acquainted.

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

Nothing is a permanent except change.

He understands badly who listens badly.

A slyrabbit will have three openings to its den.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language, an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.

Not work, but the thought that he must work is what makes the lazy man tired.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking