Fate chooses our relatives, We choose our friends.

We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

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

A quiettongue shows a wise head.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Opportunity may be hard to recognize if you are only looking for a lucky break.

A woman has reached reaal women's-lib status when she is the one who forgers the wedding Aniversary

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

Peacecan not be kept by force. It can only be won, through understanding. Ourlonging for understandingis Eternal.

The singlemost powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up andwalk away from the table without a deal.

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.