When the defects of others are percieved with so much clarity, it is because one possesses with oneself.

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

A newbroom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.

Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.

Themost important trip you may take in life is meeting people half way.

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

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

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...

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

I don't like that man. I'm going to have to get to knowhim better.

Habit: the shackles of the free