It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

Lookingfor fish? Don't climb a tree.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

Diseases are Tax on the pleasure.

Constant repetition carries conviction.

Happinessis the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a madand lamentable experiment.

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws 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,

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.

Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived