With a smile we should instruct our youth.

It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.

The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.

Love is a great master. It teaches us to be what we never were.

I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.

I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn't speak a single word that doesn't come straight from his heart.

People spend most of their lives worrying about things that never happen.

I hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.

Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.

Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.

A husband is a plaster that cures all the ills of girlhood.

Everything is good as it comes from the hands of the Maker of the world, but degenerates once it gets into the hands of man

It’s in the environment of worship that we learn things that go way beyond what our intellect can grasp

To find out what happens to a system when you interfere with it you have to interfere with it (not just passively observe it).

One secret of leadership is that the mind of a leader never turns off. Leaders even when they are sightseers or spectators, are active; not passive observers.

There is only one good substitute for the endearments of a sister, and that is the endearments of some other fellow's sister.

If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate. Give in to it.

Each of us can, by ploy or gambit, most naturally gain the advantage.

I think the word "intelligent" dictates a lot about someone's sense of humor, and the terms of reference in your life, the way you interpret something you read or a painting you look at or something.

Never chide with anger, but instruction.

And in some perfumes there is more delight than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak, yet well I know that music hath a far more pleasing sound.