As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

It'sgood to shut up sometimes.

To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not hethat you wrong but yourself.

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,

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who haveit; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

Letevery eye negotiate for itself, and trust no agent.

When a man meets his mates society begins.