Kindwords do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

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

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.

A state with defective laws will have defective morals.

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

Usenon-verbal communication to SOFTEN the hard-line position of others: S =Smile, O = Open, Posture, F = Forward Lean, T = Touch, E = Eye Contact, N =Nod.

Letevery eye negotiate for itself, and trust no agent.

You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

We arethe prisoners of ideas.