Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

My greenthumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to seethings from the plant's point of view.

Repentance is the attempt of the inner man to return home after wonderful night out

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

Responsibility is the high price of self-ownership.

Talkingcomes by nature, silence by wisdom.

I'm nota combative person. My long experience has taught me to resolve conflict byraising the issues before I or others burn their boats.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Nobody everforgets where he buried the hatchet.

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.

No matterhow thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.