Life is no brief candle- it's a splendid torch!

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

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Be your own judge and you will be happy.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

Two prisonerswhose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. Thewall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

You made your bed, now lie in it.