A merefriend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

No one lies as much as the indignant do.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

There are two kind of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. try to be in the first group; there is a less competition there.

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

Sometimes the man of action is the fellow who has just got both his feat in hot water.

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

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

Ignoring is not the same thing as being tolerant

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.