We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.

It is only an error of judgment to make a mistake, but it argues an infirmity of character to adhere to it when discovered.

Six traits of effective leaders: 1. Make others feel important 2. Promote a vision 3. Follow the golden rule 4. Admit mistakes 5. Criticize others only in private 6. Stay close to the action Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.

It is with charity as with money--the more we stand in need of it, the less we have to give away.

Discretion is the salt, and fancy the sugar of life; the one preserves, the other sweetens it.

Vanity in an old man is charming. It is a proof of an open, nature. Eighty winters have not frozen him up, or taught him concealments. In a young person it is simply allowable; we do not expect him to be above it.

Love delights in paradoxes. Saddest when it has most reason to be gay, sighs are the signs of its deepest joy, and silence is the expression of its yearning tenderness.