A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Twobirds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

If anenemy is annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy.

Differentfields, different grasshoppers; different seas, different fish.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

A happy home is one in which each spouse grants the possiblility that the other may be right, though neither believes it.

Could agreater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’seyes for an instant?

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

Worry is a circle of inefficient thoughts whirling about a point of fear.

Thefire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

Onlyfree men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedomand mine cannot be separated.