Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Use softwords and hard arguments.

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.

You canoutdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.