Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

No man everdid a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater tohimself .

Money is what things run into and people run out of

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

Laughteris the shortest distance between two people.

Adversity introduces a man to himself.

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

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

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.