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,

If you tell the truth, you have infinite power supportingyou; but if not, you have infinite power against you.

Don'tclose the barn door after the horse runs away.

The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

What is well done is done soon enough.

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

Themost important trip you may take in life is meeting people half way.

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

A man is but a product of his thoughts; what he thinks, that he becomes

Onemust talk little and listen much.

Ignorancedoesn't kill you, but it does make you sweat a lot.

Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.