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,

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

Bestill when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

Lookingfor fish? Don't climb a tree.

A quiettongue shows a wise head.

You see what power is holding someone else's fear in your handand showing it to them!

Nobody everforgets where he buried the hatchet.

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

Power tires only those who do not have it.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

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