Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

One of the difficult things to give away is kindness - is usually returned

The more you seat in peace, the less you bleed in war

If you tell the truth, you have infinite power supportingyou; but if not, you have infinite power against you.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.

At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.

A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.