Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Never answer a letter while you are angry.

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...

They know enough who know how to learn.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

Step after step the ladder is ascended

Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

The major cause of traffic accidents is that men put into their cars as much ego as petrol.