Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Stoppingat third base adds no more to the score than striking out.

A goodplan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the bestway to get there.

Theultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but hold hands.

Thetrouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought ofyet.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

Ignorancedoesn't kill you, but it does make you sweat a lot.

Talkback to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.