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

Labour with what zeal we will. Something still remains undone.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

The soul would have no rainbow, if the eyes had no tears.

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

Freedom is not caprice, but room to enlarge

Any man can make mistakes but only an idiot persists in his error.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Youdon't run twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

Fromlittle acorns mighty oaks do grow.