We make our friends, we make our enemies, but God makes our next-door neighbours.

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.

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

To copy is to put an end to creativeness. Unless there is originality, you can do nothing.

Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.

Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

Conduct is wise or foolish only in reference to its results.

All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.

Supicion of one's own motives is especially necessary for the philanthropist and the executive.

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