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

Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

Worry is a circle of inefficient thoughts whirling about a point of fear.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

It's better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.

How should the lamb negotiate with the lion.

You can't unscramble an egg.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

He whocannot cut the bread evenly cannot get on well with people.

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,

God made time, but man made haste.