Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than less to lerated.

An artist is only a very small part of the universe and should receive no more attention than any other thing on earth which provides us with beauty, happiness and plenty

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

We'reeyeball to eyeball and the other fellow just blinked.

A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.

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

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

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

A slyrabbit will have three openings to its den.

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.