All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Malicedrinketh its own poison.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

The power to do good is also the power to do harm.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

Twobirds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: He must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

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

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

Years wrinkle the face, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.