Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

Life cannot go on without much forgetting.

Ittakes time to save time.

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 smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.

Conflictcan be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither sideloses and a new dance is created.

In all superstitions wise men follow fools.

Too late is the medicine prepared, when the disease has strengthened by long delay.

To live is, in itself, avalue judgement. To breathe is to judge.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.