Nothing would be done at all if a man waited till he could do it so well that no one could find fault with it

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

Labour with what zeal we will. Something still remains undone.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

Thereare two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone whowon't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?

We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Beware,as long as you live, of judging people of appearances.

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

Two man looks out through the same bars: the one sees the mud, the one the stars.

The darkest hour has only 60 minutes