“You are not, nor ever will be, better than anyone else besides the person you are now.”

“Be friendly to everyone. Those who deserve it the least need it the most.”

“A dead end can never be a one way street; you can always turn around and take another road.”

“Diplomacy is more than saying or doing the right things at the right time, it is avoiding saying or doing the wrong things at any time.”

“Untapped potential is the difference between where a person is now and where he or she can be.”

“To fear the worst oft cures the worst.”

“The need for a rational consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds.”

“Frame your mind to mirth and merriment which bars a thousand harms and lengthens life.”