Who is wise?

He that learns from everyone.

Who is powerful?

He that governs his passions.

Who is rich?

He that is content?

Who is that?

Nobody.

Poor Richard's Almanac

Pride had rather go out of the way than go behind.
Thomas Fuller

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
George Santayana

No person was ever honoured for what he received.  Honour has been the reward for what he gave.
Calvin Coolidge

Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
Francis Bacon

There are two levers for moving men - interest and fear.
Napoleon I

I weigh the man, not his title; 'tis not the king's stamp can make the metal heavier or better.
William Wycherley

Veracity is the heart of morality.
Thomas Henry Huxley

All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and present hearer.
Robert Louis Stevenson

Time is what keeps everything from happening at once.
Ray Cummings

What do you do when your competitor is drowning?  Get a live hose and stick it in his mouth.
Ray Kroc

Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses it's purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigour of the mind.
Leonardo da Vinci