Wordsare, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.

Ittakes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on thejob.

The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

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

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

Don'tput all your eggs in one basket.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Kindness it is that bring forth kindness.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.