By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

Nothing has happend to you unless you make much of it.

Thepeople to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagreewith you and are too cowardly to let you know.

Renown and repose do not go together.

Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Eyes are more accurate witness than ears

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

Whenanger comes, wisdom goes.

If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Theability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.