Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

Happiness is the wondrous commodity, the more your give; the more you have.

It'sgood to shut up sometimes.

Silencemay be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than tolisten to him?

Thereis no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the endfrom the beginning.

When the eyes says one thing, and the tounge another, a practised man relise on the language of first.

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.

We areall faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised asimpossible situations.

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

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.