Well done is better than well said.

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

Bekind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

Eyes are more accurate witness than ears

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

Nothing would be done at all if a man waited till he could do it so well that no one could find fault with it

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Wecannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, andrepetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of thesituation.

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp