Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fire actions than in the non-preformance of base ones.

Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.

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

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

The desire for change is a sign of safety.

You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

We areall inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.