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!

If youcan make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believeyou.

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

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.

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,

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Few things are harder to pus up with than the annoyance of a good example.

Silenceis a true friend that never betrays.

Be yourself and speak your mind today, though it contradicts all you have said before.

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

Nature's instructions are always slow, those of men are generally premature.