Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

A language is like living skin itself.

Knowledge leads to unity, ignorance to diversity.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but bystriking true.

He understands badly who listens badly.

People who fight with fire usually end up with ashes.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Sometimesone pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.