You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you willlive in torment if you don't trust enough.

The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

What dowe live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other.

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

Nothing is a permanent except change.

Better hazard than always be in fear.

Win/winis an attitude, not an outcome.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.

Happiness is a choice that requires affort at times.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...