A nation reveals itself not only by the men it honours, the men it remembers.

It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

The talker will lead the dog to the meat market.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

Neversay more than is necessary.

The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.

Two prisonerswhose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. Thewall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

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,

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Buying ischeaper than asking.