Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

I think I could sum up my position on this with therecitation of a brief Russian proverb ‘Doveryai no Proveryai.’ Itmeans trust but verify.

Now-a-days women don't hire domestic help-they marry it.

You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

The more we see, the more we shall be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for to them everything is possible.

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

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.