We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves byour intentions.

If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

In God we trust; all others pay cash.

Myinterest is in the future because I'm going to be spending the rest of mylife there.

A quiettongue shows a wise head.

If I giveyou an egg, and you give me an egg, we will each have one egg.

A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.

There isnothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.

Happiness is the wondrous commodity, the more your give; the more you have.

To startblindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, andwill lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.