Wecannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, andrepetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of thesituation.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

Like aball batted back and forth, a human being is batted by two forces within.

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

It's better to let someone think you are an Idiot than to open your mouth and prove it.

No one was ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

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

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Onlyfree men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedomand mine cannot be separated.

To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.