Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

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

It is mark of a good man not to know how to do an injury.

We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves byour intentions.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

Example is better than following it.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

Thedeepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

Itis all right if you talk to yourself. It is all right if you answer yourself.But when you start disagreeing with the answers, you've got a problem.

Parents these days scarcely bring up children; they finance them.

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...