The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

A good listeneris not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

He understands badly who listens badly.

Adversity introduces a man to himself.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

Any man's death diminishes me, because i am involved in mankind; and, therefore, never tend to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.

Within-groupconflict is always personal and emotional even if it begins with impersonalissues.

Imagination grows by excercise and in more powerful in the mature rather than in the young.

The World is but, a school of inquiry.

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.