It isimpossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

Experience is a hard teacher because SHE gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

Man's life would be wretched and confined if it were to missthe candid intimacy developed by mutual trust and esteem.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

History repeats itself. that's one of the things wrong with history

Reasonguides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false,and passion, good or bad.

The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

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

I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

Love is an act of faith and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...