What dowe live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other.

Evil communication corrupt good manners.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

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

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed thanto be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.

We make our friends, we make our enemies, but God makes our next-door neighbours.

There is no comparison between that which is last by not succeding and that what is last by not trying.

A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Hatred does not not cease by hatred; but only by rule; this is the eternal rule.

Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.