Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.

Between being able to and actually doing something lies an ocean, and on its bottom rests all too often the wreck of willpower.

n every exalted joy, there mingles a sense of gratitude.

Consider once before you give, twice before you receive, and a thousand times before you ask.

A book cannot easily be too bad for the general public, but may easily be too good.

Nothing is less promising than precocity. A young thistle is more like a future tree than is a young oak.

Since the well-known victory over the hare by the tortoise, the descendants of the tortoise think themselves miracles of speed.