Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

Years wrinkle the face, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.

A fly beforehis own eye is bigger than an elephant in the next field.

Status symbols are medals you buy yourself

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

You can't unscramble an egg.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

Treatpeople as if they were, what they ought to be andyou help them become what they are capable of being.

In God we trust; all others pay cash.