Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

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,

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

It is easier to be brave from a safe distance.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

By tryingoften, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

Whendealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic,but creatures of emotion.

Humality is a strange thing. The minute you think you've got it, you've lost it.

Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

The man who opts for revenge should dig two graves.