We cannot all be great but we can always attach ourselves to something that is great.

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

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

You don'trun twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

Tell meand I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'llunderstand.

The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.

Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

Themost important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.

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

Two prisonerswhose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. Thewall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.