Nogarden is without its weeds.

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Honesty once pawned is never redeemed.

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

When youcannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action youshould take choose the bolder.

Kindness it is that bring forth kindness.

There isnothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than anagreement.

Themore adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it isto make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that morepeople will make more plans in such areas.

Well-managed,cooperative conflict contributes to the productivity and innovativeness oforganizations and the competence and well-being of people.

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.