Manners are the lubricating oil of an organization. It is a law of nature that two moving bodies in contact with each other create friction. This is as true for human beings as it is for inanimate objects.

True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.

Princes should devolve on others those matters that entail responsibility, and reserve to themselves those that relate to grace and favour.

If you speak your mind and if it is true what you’re saying, then I think the integrity of what you’re saying carries through.

“I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.”

I’ll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours” I said that.

No power so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.

The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.

Modern poets talk against business, Poor things, But all of us write for money. Beginners are subjected to trial by market.