Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

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,

A man, when he burns, leaves only a handful of ashes. woman can hold him. the wind must blow him away.

Science has achieved more for the emancipation of masses than the wisdom of sages.

Every advantage has its tax

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

Manyspeak much who cannot speak well.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.