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

A good conscience is the best divinity.

Every man is entitled to be valued by his best moment

Stability is not immobility

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Whenthere is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

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…

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

Opportunity may be hard to recognize if you are only looking for a lucky break.

The good neighbour looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human, and therefore, brothers.

Treatpeople as if they were, what they ought to be andyou help them become what they are capable of being.

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.