Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

Use softwords and hard arguments.

A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Thereare no secrets. There is no mystery. There is only common sense.

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

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Wordsare, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

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

It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.

Another form of wastefulness is expenditure of words beyond the income of ideas.

Astupid act entails doing the work twice over.