Nostrength within, no respect without.

Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

Never play cat and mouse games if you are a mouse.

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

The cliche that education never ends virtually ensures that it does'nt begin.

It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.