Modesty is the clothing of talent.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

Man alone contains within himself as many species as exist on earth.

Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

Any man can make mistakes but only an idiot persists in his error.

The more we see, the more we shall be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Aperson whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow anelephant.

Whenanger comes, wisdom goes.