Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Gossip is that which no one claims to like-but everybody enjoys.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

Buying ischeaper than asking.

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

Thedeepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetitionimpresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.

Thereverse side also has a reverse side.

If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.