Theloftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: He must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

Parents these days scarcely bring up children; they finance them.

Better hazard than always be in fear.

Keep a secret; its you slave. Tell it, and it's your master.

There is all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

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