Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

In God we trust; all others pay cash.

Nogarden is without its weeds.

There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes and those who do not.

Nosnowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

Mensucceed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for theirvictories.

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.

He understands badly who listens badly.