Respect for ones parents is the highest duty of civil life.

Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand.

A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

One generation plants the trees; another gets the shade.

He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors.

When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

Each generation will reap what the former generation has sown

Do good, reap good... do evil, reap evil...

Deep doubts, deep wisdom... small doubts, little wisdom...

Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still

A fool judges people by the presents they give him

A childs life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark.

A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.

The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water; but to walk on the earth.

Strong souls have willpower, weak ones only desires.

I hear, I forget I see, I remember I do, I understand.

A wise man is able to adapt to the surprises of life as water to the decanter it is poured in.