Every advantage has its tax

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left

Whenyou're at the edge of a cliff, sometimes progress is a step backwards.

Be your own judge and you will be happy.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

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

It is mark of a good man not to know how to do an injury.

Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.

... 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

Forbidden fruit can get us into a real jam.