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,

A man, when he burns, leaves only a handful of ashes. woman can hold him. the wind must blow him away.

You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.

No manever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greaterto himself .

An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.

Don'tbargain for fish which are still in the water.

All your fingernails grow with no convenient speed except broken one.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.