The good rain like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off.

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

Lookingfor fish? Don't climb a tree.

There arealways two forces warring against each other within us.

To effectivelycommunicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceivethe world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication withothers.

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

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

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

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

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

Too late is the medicine prepared, when the disease has strengthened by long delay.