We cannot all be great but we can always attach ourselves to something that is great.

We areall inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

Ifanyone is not willing to accept your point of view, try to see his point of view.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.

Negotiatingmeans getting the best of your opponent.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

In God we trust; all others pay cash.

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

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.