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,

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

The good neighbour looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human, and therefore, brothers.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

A miserand a liar bargain quickly.

Labour with what zeal we will. Something still remains undone.

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

Informationis a negotiator's greatest weapon.

Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.