Nobody'sa natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hardto stay on top.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Everyoneis kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.

By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Buyingis cheaper than asking.

Whenyou're at the edge of a cliff, sometimes progress is a step backwards.

Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Malice drinketh its own poison.

A man's ruin lies in his tongue.

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.