Wecannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, andrepetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of thesituation.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

If speakingis silver, then listening is gold.

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fire actions than in the non-preformance of base ones.

Not work, but the thought that he must work is what makes the lazy man tired.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

Keep a secret; its you slave. Tell it, and it's your master.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Theproblem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.