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

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not hethat you wrong but yourself.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

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

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

You don'trun twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

Education is the chief defence of a Nation.