If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

The present is never a happy state to any being

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

The ability to laugh together is the essence of love.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Nature's instructions are always slow, those of men are generally premature.

Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

Commitmentin the face of conflict produces character.

The planers do not make or mar our destiny. we are the makers of our destiny.

Superioty and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.