A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Nature's instructions are always slow, those of men are generally premature.

Nevercut what you can untie.

Science has promised us truth. It has never promised us either peace or happiness.

Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

It is a good reader that makes a good book.

Don't beafraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.