Theshallower the brook, the more it babbles.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.

A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

The strongest is never strong enough to be always, the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.

Enthusiasm is faith set on fire.

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

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

A man'sconversation is the mirror of his thoughts.

There are always two forces warring against each other within us.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.