If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.

When indoubt, ask. When not in doubt, ask. If you are not in doubt, you may bekidding yourself.

One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you and scorn in the one ahead.

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

A school should be the most beautiful place in every town- so beautiful tht the punishment for undutiful children should be that they be debarred from going to school the following day.

Thegreatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

When a man meets his mates society begins.

Thereis no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the endfrom the beginning.

Youcannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.