A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?

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

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

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

At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

No manever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greaterto himself .

Talkingcomes by nature, silence by wisdom.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.