Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

Opportunists take now for an answer.

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

No one lies as much as the indignant do.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

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

We areall inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.