A nation reveals itself not only by the men it honours, the men it remembers.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.

Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Search not a wound too deep lest thou maketh a new one.

As a final incentive before giving up a

If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

The comforter's head never aches.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.