Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.

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

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

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

People who do not believe in miracles are not realist.

Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

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