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,

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'

To be spiritual is not to reject reason but to go beyond it.

Takeyour life into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

Diseases are Tax on the pleasure.

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

Do notfind fault, find a remedy.

It's better to let someone think you are an Idiot than to open your mouth and prove it.

Every age thinks its battle the most important of all.