The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

There are two kind of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. try to be in the first group; there is a less competition there.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

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

Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.

Knowledge leads to unity, ignorance to diversity.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

To like and dislike the same thing, that is, indeed, friendship.

Therecan be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. Hisinstinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, hemost illogically kicks up a row.

Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

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,