A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.

Oppositesattract and then can't stand each other.

A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

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

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

If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to.

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.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

Let uswork without disputing. It is the only way to render life tolerable.