You don'thave to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth. Success hasmade failures of many men.

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

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

Kindwords do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

Talk back to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

Thefreedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those whosay, What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.