A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience

The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.

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

Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

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

Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

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

The present is never a happy state to any being

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you and scorn in the one ahead.