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

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

When weblame, we give away our power.

The amount of effort put into a campaign by a worker expands in proportion to the personal benefits that he will derive from his party's victory.

Conflictisn't negative, it just is.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

A language is like living skin itself.

No man is the whole himself; his friends are the rest of him.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.