Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

Example is better than following it.

A clynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing

Commitmentin the face of conflict produces character.

The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

Long-rangeplanning works best in the short term.

Patience is the art of hoping.

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

A status symbol is an instrument you clash when you want someone to know you are there.

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

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...