Keep a secret; its you slave. Tell it, and it's your master.

A merefriend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.

Letevery eye negotiate for itself, and trust no agent.

Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.

Nobody everforgets where he buried the hatchet.

Parents these days scarcely bring up children; they finance them.

Every man has enough power left to carry out that of whichhe is convinced.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

Greatideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,