He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

There is a sweet joy that comes to us after sorrow.

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

Do good to your friend to keep him, and to your enemy to make him your freind.

You made your bed, now lie in it.

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.