Nevermiss a good chance to shut up.

Usesoft words and hard arguments.

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

It's better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.

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

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.

We gain freedom when we have paid full price for our right to live.

Stability is not immobility

The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,