Happiness is the art of making a bouquet of those flowers within reach.

Whenmen and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons arealways different.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

My greenthumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to seethings from the plant's point of view.

Fromlittle acorns mighty oaks do grow.

You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your child’sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you

Onemust talk little and listen much.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.