Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

Forbidden fruit can get us into a real jam.

Thereis no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the endfrom the beginning.

If youare standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

To teach isto learn twice.

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Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

He whocannot cut the bread evenly cannot get on well with people.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

A clynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing