Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

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

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fire actions than in the non-preformance of base ones.

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

We'reeyeball to eyeball and the other fellow just blinked.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.

You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.