Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; Easy to govern, but impossible to enslave

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

Step after step the ladder is ascended

The present is never a happy state to any being

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

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

The great essentials of happiness are: something to do,something to love and something to hope for.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

A teacher as a person is more important than a teacher as a technician. What he is has more effect than anything he does.