Don'tconsider your reputation and you may do anything you like.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable

A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

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

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to.

You'rein a much better position to talk with people when they approach you thanwhen you approach them.

Teaching may contribute to certain kinds of learning under certain circumstances.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.