Success is often the result of taking a mis-step in the right direction.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

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,

There is no knowledge that is not power.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

When a man meets his mates society begins.

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

The repetition in nature may not be a mere recurrence. It may e a theatrical "encore"

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.