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

A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

Mirrors should be able to think before reflecting the images.

Goodcommunication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleepafter.

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

Itisn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.

It's better to let someone think you are an Idiot than to open your mouth and prove it.

History is the witness of the times, the light of truth.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

Themore adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it isto make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that morepeople will make more plans in such areas.