Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: He must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

Firstkeep the peace within yourself, then you can alsobring peace to others.

Successis blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it ... Success is shy itwon't come out while you're watching.

God made time, but man made haste.

A bad workman never gets a good tool.

Fromlittle acorns mighty oaks do grow.

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

Commitmentin the face of conflict produces character.

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

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

Believing that soom good can be derived from every event is a better preposition than that everything happens for the best, which is assuredly does not.