You may give gifts without caring, but you can't care without giving

Anempty sack cannot stand up.

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

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

Pleasant words are the food of love.

Prayrer changes things by changing people.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

Duringthe Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have timeto sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressingproblems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much