Self-trust is the first secret of success.

God made time, but man made haste.

The amount of effort put into a campaign by a worker expands in proportion to the personal benefits that he will derive from his party's victory.

A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

Conflictleads to less-than-adequate performance, resentments, and lack of motivation.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

You can't change people, but you can channel them your way.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

Thereward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.