Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

Peoplewho are only good with hammers see every problem as a nail.

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

Every advantage has its tax

Sweet is pleasure after pain

Snap judgment has a way of becoming unfastened.

It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fire actions than in the non-preformance of base ones.

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

History is the witness of the times, the light of truth.