One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Thereward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude-roots that can be pulled up.

Peopledo not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but tomaintain an opinion for the sake of talking.

Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.

Man wonders over the restless Sea........ the flowing waters...... the sight of the sky....... and forgets that as all wonders, man him self is the mast wonderful.

The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.

Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Kind wordscan be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Failingto plan is planning to fail.

Dig a well before you are thirsty.