"True friendship is like sound health, the value is seldom appreciated until it is lost."

"If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; If you would know, and not be known, live in a city."

"Deliberate with caution, but act with decision; and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness."

"Men are born with two eyes, but only one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say."

"The greatest friend of Truth is time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion Humility."

"If universal charity prevailed, Earth would be a heaven, and hell a fable."

"Looks are part of business. A businessman should never stand out more than his customers. His mannerisms, his clothes, everything about him... Moderation is the key."

"To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity."

"The Churches must learn humility as well as teach it."

"If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace."

"I did it partly because it was worth it, but mostly because I shall never have to do it again."

"People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant."