Always win fools first. They talk much, and what they have once uttered they will stick to; whereas there is always time, up to the last moment, to bring before a wise man arguments that may entirely change his opinion.

Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought.

In a balanced organization, working towards a common objective, there is success.

Alas! it is not the child but the boy that generally survives in the man.

There is hardly a more common error than that of taking the man who has one talent, for a genius.

It takes a great man to make a great listener

The world will tolerate many vices, but not their diminutives.