Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

The mostdramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men butbetween a man and himself where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

Astupid act entails doing the work twice over.

A man'sconversation is the mirror of his thoughts.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves or we know where we can get information upon it.

Of all the ways to make your fortune the quickest and the best is to make people see clearly how much is your success is in there interest

If youcan make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believeyou.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,