The major cause of traffic accidents is that men put into their cars as much ego as petrol.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

The work of an unknown good man is like a vein of water flow hidden underground, secretly making the ground greener.

A goodpreparation takes longer than the delivery.

Necessitynever made a good bargain.

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

By tryingoften, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

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