The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.

I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.

In the 1940s, traveling for an African was a complicated process. All Africans over the age of sixteen were compelled to carry 'Native passes' issued by the Native Affairs Department and were required to show that pass to any white policeman, civil servant, or employer. Failure to do so could mean arrest, trial, a jail sentence or fine.

Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.

Even when a person has all of life's comforts - good food, good shelter, a companion - he or she can still become unhappy when encountering a tragic situation.

There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear.

You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.

The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast.

Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all. 

The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

How you respond to a given situation makes all the difference between success and failure.