Mistakes are to Life what shadows are to Light.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

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

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

In thebusiness world, everyone is always working at legitimate cross purposes,governed by self interest.

You can not help men permanantly by doing for them what they could do for themselves

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

Thereis no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the endfrom the beginning.

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

People who invite trouble always complain when it occurs.