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,

I'mjust preparing my impromptu remarks.

There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.

He whois unable to dance says the yard is stony.

Experience is a hard teacher because SHE gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

Fools rush in where fools have been before.

Nevermistake silence for agreement.

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinksyou have.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much