Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

Men are cruel, but man is kind.

Given afair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high,not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whateverterms are offered us? No.

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Personal appearance is looking the best you can for the money.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

Themost important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how toget along with people.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.