Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

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

When the defects of others are percieved with so much clarity, it is because one possesses with oneself.

Don't beafraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

No battle is more sorely lost that the one not fought

Necessitynever made a good bargain.

A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

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…

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.