Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Freedom is not caprice, but room to enlarge

Life imitates art far more that art imitates life.

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.