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

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

You made your bed, now lie in it.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Luck never mad a mad man wise

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude-roots that can be pulled up.

If speakingis silver, then listening is gold.

One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

Whodigs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.