Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves.
The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping .
Our trouble is not ignorance, but inaction.
Do you know someone you would like to change and regulate and improve? Good! That is fine. I am all in favor of it, But why not begin on yourself? From a purely selfish standpoint, that is a lot more profitable than trying to improve others - yes, and a lot less dangerous.
Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.
The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesus. And I put them in a book. If you don't like their rules, whose would you use?