Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Life has become a struggle between keeping your weight down and you spirits up.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the better joy, responsibility.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

Malicedrinketh its own poison.

Mandoes not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eatthem.

It is mark of a good man not to know how to do an injury.