Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

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

If speakingis silver, then listening is gold.

Conduct is wise or foolish only in reference to its results.

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

The property of power is to protect.

The good rain like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.