The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

The good neighbour looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human, and therefore, brothers.

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

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...

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

Conduct is wise or foolish only in reference to its results.

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

A good listeneris not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.