No man everdid a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater tohimself .

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Thepeople to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagreewith you and are too cowardly to let you know.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

If youare planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in thenegotiations. If you're going to skin a cat, don't keep it as a house cat.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: He must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

The mostdramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men butbetween a man and himself where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.

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,