There are three faithful friends; and old wife, an old dog and ready money.

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

We knowwhat happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your child’sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Life cannot go on without much forgetting.

Aperson whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow anelephant.

Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.