Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.

A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Drown not thyself to save a drowning man

Thedeepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.

you can not strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

Icannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you the formula forfailure: Try to please everyone.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.