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What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes? But the man who orders his life according to their teachings cannot go far wrong.

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If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities.

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Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement - and we will make the goal.

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Hay is more acceptable to an ass than gold.

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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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