Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Thego-between wears out a thousand sandals.

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.

Whenevertwo good people argue over principles, they are both right.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

A slyrabbit will have three openings to its den.

Think big, believe big and act big for gaining victory over your difficulties.

If at first you do succeed, try, try not to be a bore