Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

Life is no brief candle- it's a splendid torch!

One of the difficult things to give away is kindness - is usually returned

Honesty and Wisdom are such a delightful pastime, at another person's expense !

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

Everyoneis wise until he speaks.

Beware of the chap who reminds you that you can't take it with you . he'll try to take it with him.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

Never answer a letter while you are angry.

Two man looks out through the same bars: the one sees the mud, the one the stars.

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.