One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

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…

Sometimesone pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

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

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

It's whenyou're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Nevermistake silence for agreement.

A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.

Of all the ways to make your fortune the quickest and the best is to make people see clearly how much is your success is in there interest

Icannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the mostargumentative.