Hold a true friend with both your hands.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

Communicationis a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. Ifyou're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of everypart of your life.

There is sweet joy that comes to us that comes to us after sorrow.

Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.

Nostrength within, no respect without.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Be notdisturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed at not understanding.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

Man alone contains within himself as many species as exist on earth.

Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.