Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Snap judgment has a way of becoming unfastened.

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

Nobody'sa natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hardto stay on top.

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

The World is but, a school of inquiry.

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

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

A man, when he burns, leaves only a handful of ashes. woman can hold him. the wind must blow him away.

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed thanto be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.