Every man should study conciseness in speaking; it is a sign of ignorance not to know that long speeches, though they may please the speaker, are the torture of the hearer.

He who would be singular in his apparel had need have something superlative to balance that affectation.

Meditation is the soul's perspective glass.

Negligence is the rust of the soul that corrodes through all her best resolves.

The greatest results in life are usually attained by simple means and the exercise of ordinary qualities. These may for the most part be summed up in these two - common sense and perseverance.

Promises may get friends, but it is performance that must nurse and keep them.

It is much safer to reconcile an enemy than to conquer him; victory may deprive him of his poison, but reconciliation of his will.

To trust God when we have securities in our iron chest is easy, but not thankworthy; but to depend on him for what we cannot see, as it is more hard for man to do, so it is more acceptable to God.

There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man.

Where there is plenty, charity is a duty, not a courtesy

Virtue is the truest liberty.

I think wow, I imagine this is what it's like to have friends.

Power is a trick. It lies where we believe it lies.

Almost no one is foolish enough to imagine that he automatically deserves great success in any field of activity yet almost everyone believes that he automatically deserves success in marriage.

I am content in my later years. I have kept my good humor and take neither myself nor the next person seriously.

We live not in order to eat, but in order not to know what we feel like eating.

When you are not near me, I make the sound of one hand clapping.

The way we metabolize our experience of time influences our biological clock.

I am clumsy, a late and nervous driver, and despise all sports except a little gentle dancing or yoga.

If I'm in a corner, I like my corner. It's the coolest corner I've ever been in.

I'm not trying to be a finger-wagger at society. I sort of start with myself.