It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice.

Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.

Help others solve their problems; standing farther away, you can often see matters more clearly than they do. . . The greatest service you can render someone else is helping him or her help themselves.

When you counsel someone, you should appear to be reminding him of something he had forgotten, not of the light he was unable to see.

The best remedy for disturbances is to let them run their course, for so they quiet down.

There must be something good in a thing that pleases so many; even if it cannot be explained, it is certainly enjoyed.

Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.