Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Gossip is that which no one claims to like-but everybody enjoys.

A man sits as many risks as he runs.

If speakingis silver, then listening is gold.

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

The planers do not make or mar our destiny. we are the makers of our destiny.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Faith is continuation of reason.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

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

The aim of education is not the specialist but the man of vision who can humanise our life by integrating emotional demands with our new knowledge

A school should be the most beautiful place in every town- so beautiful tht the punishment for undutiful children should be that they be debarred from going to school the following day.