Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

There is much more learning than knowing in the world.

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

Ifanyone is not willing to accept your point of view, try to see his point of view.

Hatred does not not cease by hatred; but only by rule; this is the eternal rule.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

Beware of the chap who reminds you that you can't take it with you . he'll try to take it with him.