The planers do not make or mar our destiny. we are the makers of our destiny.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.

Nevercut what you can untie.

Nogarden is without its weeds.

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.

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,

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits

The great despisers are the greater reverers.

You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your child’sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you

Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.