Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned

Pleasant words are the food of love.

People who invite trouble always complain when it occurs.

Thecompromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

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,

No doctor is a good doctor who has never been ill himself.

Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits

Conflictcan be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither sideloses and a new dance is created.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

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

You canoutdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.