Indifference

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen

To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing

People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors

Power is not alluring to pure minds

What a blessing it would be if we could open and shut our ears as easily as we open and shut our eyes

If a lump of soot falls into the soup and you cannot conveniently get it out, stir it well in and it will give the soup a French taste

It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep may be.

That government is best which governs least

An idle brain is the devil's workshop

Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage

Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who ever looks at it when it has been in the house three days?

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it

Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm

The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end

People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.

Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work

I always voted at my party's call, and I never thought of thinking for myself at all.

If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law