Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.

Have adialogue between the two opposing parts and you will find that they alwaysstart out fighting each other until we come to an appreciation of difference... a oneness and integration of the two opposingforces. Then the civil war is finished, and your e

Take yourlife into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

A manneed never revenge himself; the body of his enemy will be brought to his owndoor.

In lifeprepare for the hard and all you will encounter will be the required or easy.

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

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not hethat you wrong but yourself.

Marriagemeans expectations and expectations mean conflict.

Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

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.