Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

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,

They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

There is a foolish corner in the brain of wisest man.

Suspicion begets suspicion.

I liketo listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

There are always two forces warring against each other within us.

Sometimesone pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

No man everdid a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater tohimself .