The ability to laugh together is the essence of love.

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in theservice of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I amafraid.

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

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

Of all the ways to make your fortune the quickest and the best is to make people see clearly how much is your success is in there interest

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

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!

Failingto plan is planning to fail.

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

Some people suffer in silence louder than others

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Renown and repose do not go together.