Never answer a letter while you are angry.

Any man's death diminishes me, because i am involved in mankind; and, therefore, never tend to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

Fools rush in where fools have been before.

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

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

Communicationis not only the essence of being human, but also a vital property of life.

No one is rich enough to do without neighbour.

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.