Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.

Discord gives a relish to concord.

Melancholy is the joy of being said.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Without dialogue there is no communication, without communication there is no true education.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

Aperson whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow anelephant.

Themost important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how toget along with people.

Habit: the shackles of the free

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

There is no comparison between that which is last by not succeding and that what is last by not trying.