Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares

We cannot all be great but we can always attach ourselves to something that is great.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

Only the educated are free.

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.

A good listeneris not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Beon a horse when you go in search of a better one.

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.