All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.

All your fingernails grow with no convenient speed except broken one.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude-roots that can be pulled up.

Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

The hardest thing to disguise is you feelings when you put a lot of relatives on the train for home.

Fromlittle acorns mighty oaks do grow.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Communicationis a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. Ifyou're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of everypart of your life.