Maturityis the capacity to endure uncertainty.

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Oppositesattract and then can't stand each other.

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

If youcan make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believeyou.

Lookingfor fish? Don't climb a tree.

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

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

Tolerance that accepts merits as the most natural thing in World is the highest applause.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.