The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

A happy home is one in which each spouse grants the possiblility that the other may be right, though neither believes it.

Eyes are more accurate witness than ears

... 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

Expreince never helps us avoid doing something foolish; it merely prevents us from enjoying it.

Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.

We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

A man without imagination is like a bird without wings.

Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.