At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

Accomplishmentof purpose is better than making a profit.

Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was tht they escaped teething.

Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.

Our distrust is very expensive.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

Neverdoubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change theworld. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.