Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

As long as there is life there is danger.

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Love arrives on tiptoe and bangs the door when it leaves.

Silenceis the mother of truth.

A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Thedeeper the waters are, the more still they run.

Don'tput all your eggs in one basket.

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...