Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

When the eyes says one thing, and the tounge another, a practised man relise on the language of first.

Sciencecannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame thedebates about those conflicts.

Our distrust is very expensive.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

Sometimesone pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

Man's life would be wretched and confined if it were to missthe candid intimacy developed by mutual trust and esteem.