Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

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

Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.

Thepeak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

Thedeepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

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

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

Marriagemeans expectations and expectations mean conflict.

Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

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,

Silenceis a true friend that never betrays.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him