Silence is argument carried out by other means.

Therecan be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. Hisinstinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, hemost illogically kicks up a row.

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

Another form of wastefulness is expenditure of words beyond the income of ideas.

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

Better hazard than always be in fear.

One cannot be precise and still be pure.

A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.