Never take the advice of someone who has not had your kind of trouble.

By the time a man asks you for advice, he has generally made up his mind what he wants to do, and is looking for confirmation rather than counseling.

More trouble is caused in this world by indiscreet answers than by indiscreet questions.

At it's highest level, the purpose of teaching is not to teach—it is to inspire the desire for learning. Once a student's mind is set on fire, it will find a way to provide its own fuel.

Never take the advice of someone who has not had your kind of trouble.

Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.

Many married couples separate because they quarrel incessantly, but just as many separate because they were never honest enough or courageous enough to quarrel when they should have.