Parents these days scarcely bring up children; they finance them.

Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

No doctor is a good doctor who has never been ill himself.

Fools rush in where fools have been before.

Of all the ways to make your fortune the quickest and the best is to make people see clearly how much is your success is in there interest

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

Duringa negotiation, it would be wise not to take anything personally. If you leavepersonalities out of it, you will be able to see opportunities moreobjectively.

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

Opportunists take now for an answer.

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