Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

Success is often the result of taking a mis-step in the right direction.

There are three faithful friends; and old wife, an old dog and ready money.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Tofight fear, act. To increase fear wait, put off, postpone.

A quiettongue shows a wise head.

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not hethat you wrong but yourself.

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

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