Supicion of one's own motives is especially necessary for the philanthropist and the executive.

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Prayrer changes things by changing people.

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

As long as there is life there is danger.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetitionimpresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.

Whodigs a pit for others will fall in themselves.