We cannot all be great but we can always attach ourselves to something that is great.

A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.

The man who says he's too old to learn new tricks probably always was.

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

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

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,

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

Honesty and Wisdom are such a delightful pastime, at another person's expense !

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.

Nothing is greater impediment to being on good terms with other than being ill at ease with yourself.

We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.