Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.

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

The hero's tomb is the cradle of the people

Nothing is greater impediment to being on good terms with other than being ill at ease with yourself.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

A goodplan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the bestway to get there.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

He whocannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.