There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language, an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.

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,

Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

Tell meand I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'llunderstand.

Symanpathy is a supporting atmosphere, and in it we unfold easily and well

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

Whenanger comes, wisdom goes.

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.

He that can't endure the bad, will not live to see thegood.

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.