A king who feared wasps once decreed that they were abolished. As it happened, they did him no harm. But he was eventually stung to death by scorpions.

One cannot learn from someone whom one distrusts.

The colour of the water seems to be the colour of the glass into which it has been poured'.

The impatient man is his own enemy; he slams the door on his own progress.

... when we are talking about 'Christians' and 'Moslems' we must first make sure that we are talking about people who have an idea, which should be more or less correct, as to what the other is supposed to believe and what he is expected to do as a consequence of that belief.

From time to time ponder whether you are unconsciously saying: 'Truth is what I happen to be thinking at this moment.

Effort makes some great men famous. Even greater effort enables other great men to remain unknown.