Freedom demands respect for the freedom of others.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

Conscience is the frame of character, love is the covering for it.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.

Who can say more than rich praise, that you alone are you?

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

Nature's instructions are always slow, those of men are generally premature.

Power comes from sincere service

A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.