The major cause of traffic accidents is that men put into their cars as much ego as petrol.

The great despisers are the greater reverers.

Parents these days scarcely bring up children; they finance them.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Usenon-verbal communication to SOFTEN the hard-line position of others: S =Smile, O = Open, Posture, F = Forward Lean, T = Touch, E = Eye Contact, N =Nod.

Win/winis an attitude, not an outcome.

No manever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greaterto himself .

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.