The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper upbringing, a sound set of values.

you cannot establish sound security on borrowed money

In Prayer it is better to have a Heart without Words than words without a Heart.

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

You'rein a much better position to talk with people when they approach you thanwhen you approach them.

The spokenword belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens.

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...

No man is the whole himself; his friends are the rest of him.

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