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

Do not tell me the problem is a difficult one. If it were not difficult, it would not be a problem

It isimpossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

A roundegg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harshaccording to how you speak them.

Experience keeps a dear school, but tools will learn in no other.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

People who fight with fire usually end up with ashes.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.