All your fingernails grow with no convenient speed except broken one.

Thefirst principle of contract negotiation is don'tremind them of what you did in the past; tell them what you're going to do inthe future.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

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,

Don'tclose the barn door after the horse runs away.

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

He whotalks incessantly, talks nonsense.

Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned