Every man is wanted; and no man is wanted much.

Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you willlive in torment if you don't trust enough.

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

No strength within, no respect without.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

Be slow of tounge and quick of eye.

Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

A faithful friend is medicine of Life.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Supicion of one's own motives is especially necessary for the philanthropist and the executive.

Melancholy is the joy of being said.