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

The ability to laugh together is the essence of love.

Thegreatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

Theshallower the brook, the more it babbles.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

Melancholy is the joy of being said.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

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

Man's life would be wretched and confined if it were to missthe candid intimacy developed by mutual trust and esteem.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

Arise, awake and stop not till the goal is reached.

Don'tuse a lot where a little will do.