Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

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…

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

Better ask ten times than go astray once.

It is easier to be brave from a safe distance.

Don'tput all your eggs in one basket.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Man is born free, and everywhere is is in chains

Youcan't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again.