Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

If youare planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in thenegotiations. If you're going to skin a cat, don't keep it as a house cat.

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.

One of the difficult things to give away is kindness - is usually returned

The strongest is never strong enough to be always, the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.

To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

Our power is in our ability to decide.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Believing that soom good can be derived from every event is a better preposition than that everything happens for the best, which is assuredly does not.

As we grow old...the beauty steals inwards.