We should keep silent about those in power to speak well of them almost implies flattery to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly.

It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues.

It is boorish to live ungraciously: the giving is the hardest part what does it cost to add a smile?

The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.

The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education.

Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness.

The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth.

Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth.