Neversay more than is necessary.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay, falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to.

In Prayer it is better to have a Heart without Words than words without a Heart.

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; Easy to govern, but impossible to enslave

Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

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...

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.