Truth is strengthened by observation and delay, falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

It's notthe size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language, an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.

Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.

Frustration is commonly the difference between what you would like to be and what you are willing to become what you would like to be.

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...

What wesee depends mainly on what we look for.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.

The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

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