Pleasure is the sincerest compliment.

The soul would have no rainbow, if the eyes had no tears.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Don'tthrow out the baby with the bath water.

Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier tobe sometimes cheated than not to trust.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.

Only freemen can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom andmine cannot be separated.