Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry ahundred.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

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

What is required is sight and insight, then you might add one more excite.

Mensucceed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for theirvictories.

Like aball batted back and forth, a human being is batted by two forces within.

Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits

One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.