When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

Each time we read, a seed is sown for the future.

We make our friends, we make our enemies, but God makes our next-door neighbours.

Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a house full of books isin't poor.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind

There isnothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.

Twobirds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.

All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candour

Byblending the breath of the sun and the shade, true harmony comes into theworld.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They