To live is, in itself, avalue judgement. To breathe is to judge.

We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

No manever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greaterto himself .

Nothing would be done at all if a man waited till he could do it so well that no one could find fault with it

Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.

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

The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.

A quiettongue shows a wise head.

Be notdisturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed at not understanding.

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

... 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