Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid

You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.

Suspicion begets suspicion.

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

The hand of liberty is stronger than arms of power.

Modesty is the clothing of talent.

Two man looks out through the same bars: the one sees the mud, the one the stars.

Unselfishness is more paying,only people have not the patience to practice it.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

To be spiritual is not to reject reason but to go beyond it.

A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...