The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

Tolerance that accepts merits as the most natural thing in World is the highest applause.

Happiness is the wondrous commodity, the more your give; the more you have.

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

Snap judgment has a way of becoming unfastened.

Bytrying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

Pleasure is the sincerest compliment.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Love is an act of faith and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.

Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.