If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

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

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.

A language is like living skin itself.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Teaching may contribute to certain kinds of learning under certain circumstances.

You can't unscramble an egg.

A teleision set is like a toaster. You press a button and the same thing pops up almost every time.

Twobirds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.

Sciencecannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame thedebates about those conflicts.

The worst form of injustice is pretended justice.