Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Habit: the shackles of the free

Nevermiss a good chance to shut up.

No pillow is as soft as clear conscience.

Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

People who do not believe in miracles are not realist.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

The greatest prayer is patience.