Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.

The basic building block of good communications is the feeling that every humanbeing is unique and of value.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon.

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

There isnothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.

Past time is only eviil at a distance.

We make our friends, we make our enemies, but God makes our next-door neighbours.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

Symanpathy is a supporting atmosphere, and in it we unfold easily and well

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di