The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

The strongest is never strong enough to be always, the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.

Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.

Malicedrinketh its own poison.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

All thingsat first appear difficult.