To exaggrerate is to weaken.

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

Don't throwout the baby with the bath water.

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

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

It'sgood to shut up sometimes.

Anounce of mediation is worth a pound of arbitration and a ton of litigation!

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

A lifemaking mistakes is not only more honorable, butmore useful than a life spent doing nothing at all.

Don'tbe afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

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