Experience is a hard teacher because SHE gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

Myinterest is in the future because I'm going to be spending the rest of mylife there.

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

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

Pleasant words are the food of love.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

Whoever is winning the race will always seem to be invincible.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Another form of wastefulness is expenditure of words beyond the income of ideas.

Theconventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

Drowning problems in an ocean of information is not the same as solving them.