A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

There are two kind of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. try to be in the first group; there is a less competition there.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

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

If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.