The world will never be in any manner of order or tranquility until men are firmly convinced that conscience, honor and credit are all in one interest

Whenever you commend, add your reasons for doing so; it is this which distinguishes the approbation of a man of sense from the flattery of sycophants and admiration of fools.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.

People spend their lives in the service of their passions instead of employing their passions in the service of their lives.

Among all the diseases of the mind there is not one more epidemical or more pernicious than the love of flattery.

Vanity makes people ridiculous, pride odious, and ambition terrible.

There is no Pleasure like that of receiving Praise from the Praiseworthy

A lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.

A fool is in himself the object of pity, until he is flattered.

Zeal for the public good is the characteristic of a man of honor and a gentleman, and must take the place of pleasures, profits and all other private gratifications.

May God grant children who will fear and revered Him.

Everybody's got the potential for great good and great wrong in them, but it's thechoices we make that define who we really are.

Paying your employees well is not only the right thing to do but it makes for good business.

When you delete pictures of your ex off your phone, it feels lighter.

In the long run, stability cannot be purchased at the expense of liberty.

I have seen good nurses and bad nurses. They existed along a continuum: from hard-working, kind and competent people, to office-hugging, bone-idle types, to apathetic, disengaged automatons.

There are two things that I put my focus on. One is the fight against AIDS and finding a cure. The other is human rights.

Somehow or another, my mother taught me to push through my fear, always. Feel the fear and do it anyway.

Men may be spoiled by education, even as they are spoiled by illiteracy. Education is the preparation of the mind for future work, hence men should be educated with special reference to the work.

God is behind everything, but everything hides God.