Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

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,

No nation is so poor that it cannot afford to gie free speech

He whocannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

A state with defective laws will have defective morals.

Take yourlife into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

Conflictis neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

There ward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.