A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

If youcan make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believeyou.

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

He whotalks incessantly, talks nonsense.

Education is the chief defence of a Nation.

Almost all four faults are more pardonable than the methods we think up to hide them

Takeyour life into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

Conflictis neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.

Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.