A youth's knowledge is like a cheap shotgun-likely to do as much damage to the owner as to the game.

Learned men fall into error oftenest by mistaking knowledge for wisdom.

Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees of your trousers.

The statesman shears the sheep; the politician skins them.

Memory is a crazy woman who hoards colored rags and throws away food.

Sorrow, like rain makes roses and mud.

Those who listen to lies lose the ability to hear the truth.