It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.

My greenthumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to seethings from the plant's point of view.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Voilence is a Just when kindness is vain

you cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiatives and independence.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

Golf is an expensive way of playing marbles.

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.