“To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.”

“Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art; it arises in hypothesis and flows into achievement.”

“To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. . . let us be above such transparent egotism.”

“Civilization is social order promoting cultural creation. Four elements constitute it: economic provision, political organization, moral tradition, and the pursuit of knowledge and the arts. It begins where chaos and insecurity end. For when fear is overcome, curiosity and constructiveness are free, and man passes by natural impulse towards the understanding and embellishment of life.” (Will Durant, Story of Civilization, pg 1, vol. 1)”

“Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.”

“In the end, nothing is lost. Every event, for good or evil, has effects forever.”

“Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.”