Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

Whodigs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning tosee things from the plant's point of view.

You made your bed, now lie in it.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience

Renown and repose do not go together.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

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,

Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Maturityis the capacity to endure uncertainty.

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.