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.

Be notdisturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed at not understanding.

Icannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the mostargumentative.

If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to.

Out ofthe fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

Don'tbe afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

My fathersaid: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let theother fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for alwaysmaking all the money, you won't have many deals.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

Golf is an expensive way of playing marbles.