He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

No one wouldtalk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

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,

Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.

If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

A man is but a product of his thoughts; what he thinks, that he becomes