Manyspeak much who cannot speak well.

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

No man everdid a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater tohimself .

Onlywhen you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard andstrong.

Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

Modesty is the clothing of talent.

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

Onemust talk little and listen much.

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

You don'thave to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth. Success hasmade failures of many men.

Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.