Too late is the medicine prepared, when the disease has strengthened by long delay.

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

A lie has no leg, but a scandel has wings

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Evil communication corrupt good manners.

Don'twrestle a pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.