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Testimony is like an arrow shot from a long-bow; its force depends on the strength of the hand that draws it. But argument is like an arrow from a cross-bow, which has equal force if drawn by a child or a man.

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Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.

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The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.

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He that blows the coals in quarrels that he has nothing to do with, has no right to complain if the sparks fly in his face

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Heat and animosity, contest and conflict, may sharpen the wits, although they rarely do; they never strengthen the understanding, clear the perspicacity, guide the judgment, or improve the heart.

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He who establishes his argument by noise and command, shows that his reason is weak.

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A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.

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People who know the least always argue the most.

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By the time the child can draw more that scribble, by the age of four or five years, an already well-formed body of conceptual knowledge formulated in language dominates his memory and controls his graphic work. Drawings are graphic accounts of essentially verbal processes. As an essentially verbal education gains control, the child abandons his graphic efforts and relies almost entirely on words. Language has first spoilt drawing and then swallowed it up completely.

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A writer is not a confectioner, a cosmetic dealer, or an entertainer. He is a man who has signed a contract with his conscious and his sense of duty.

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