Too late is the medicine prepared, when the disease has strengthened by long delay.

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait until the deadline looms large.

Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

Kindwords do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

Gossip is that which no one claims to like-but everybody enjoys.

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.