No one is free who does not Lord over himself.

Speak whenyou are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Opportunists take now for an answer.

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.

Don'tjudge a book by its cover.

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escapea hundred days of sorrow.

Onemust talk little and listen much.

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, Beautiful old people are works of art.

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…

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

Personal responsibility is too fiscal accountability as lovemaking is to a gynaecological examination