Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.

A good conscience is the best divinity.

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

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...

COURAGE IS THE FLEEING FORWARD.

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

Measurement of life should be rather proportioned to the intensity of experience than it's actual length.

Nobody'sa natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hardto stay on top.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier tobe sometimes cheated than not to trust.

The man who says he's too old to learn new tricks probably always was.