Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.

If at first you do succeed, try, try not to be a bore

Thefreedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those whosay, What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

Be notdisturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed at not understanding.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

We do not err because the truth is difficult to see. We err because this is more comfortable

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

Pain is the outcome of sin.