When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

The cliche that education never ends virtually ensures that it does'nt begin.

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

There ward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

A clynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

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

A language is like living skin itself.

Talentalone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at theright time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are youready?'

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

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