Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't leads anywhere.

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

Kindness it is that bring forth kindness.

Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

Thetrouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought ofyet.

Too late is the medicine prepared, when the disease has strengthened by long delay.

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.