Themore adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it isto make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that morepeople will make more plans in such areas.

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

Itisn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.

I willprepare and some day my chance will come.

Wherethe tongue slips, it speaks the truth.

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

It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

It isimpossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.