Tell meand I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'llunderstand.

A merefriend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.

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

Theonly difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way inwhich we use them.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

Unlessa man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon.

The talker will lead the dog to the meat market.

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

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.