The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

There is no passion in life as intense as the desire to change someone else's draft.

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

Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait untilthe deadline looms large.

Of all the ways to make your fortune the quickest and the best is to make people see clearly how much is your success is in there interest

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,

A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

Youdon't run twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.