Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

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,

Melancholy is the joy of being said.

A goodplan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the bestway to get there.

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

What we seek we shall find, what we flee from flee from us.

When work is pleasure, life is joy.

Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

The first duty of love is to listen.

It is less dangerous to treat most men badly than to treat them too well.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!