The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

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 great despisers are the greater reverers.

Talkingmuch about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.