Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper upbringing, a sound set of values.

Icannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the mostargumentative.

A newbroom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

Are youreally listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk?

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

People who fight with fire usually end up with ashes.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

If you would know what nobody knows, read what everybody reads just after one year afterwards.

Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares

If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

A Habit is a shirt made of iron.