They understand but a little who understand only what can be explained.

No one is so eager to gain new experiences as he who doesn't know how to make use of the old ones.

A man with lofty ideas is an uncomfortable neighbor.

The greatest enemy of justice is privilege.

We ask the poet: 'What subject have you chosen?' instead of: 'What subject has chosen you?

"People's minds are trained largely at the expense of their hearts." This is not so; it is only that there are more educable minds than there are educable hearts.

Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one.