Tranquility will roof a house, but discord can wear away the foundation of a city.

Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.

He whotalks incessantly, talks nonsense.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

Long-rangeplanning works best in the short term.

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.

When a man meets his mates society begins.

You can not help men permanantly by doing for them what they could do for themselves

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

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.