A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

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

Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.

You may give gifts without caring, but you can't care without giving

An artist is only a very small part of the universe and should receive no more attention than any other thing on earth which provides us with beauty, happiness and plenty

All your fingernails grow with no convenient speed except broken one.

Freedom is not caprice, but room to enlarge

Words should be scattered like seeds, no matter how small the seed may be, its it has one found favourable ground, it unfolds its strength.

No one lies as much as the indignant do.

Every man has the right to feel that "Because of me was the world created".

The cliche that education never ends virtually ensures that it does'nt begin.