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

The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth.

Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.

A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.

Be your own judge and you will be happy.

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

He whocannot cut the bread evenly cannot get on well with people.

Imagination grows by excercise and in more powerful in the mature rather than in the young.