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,

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

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

Peoplewho can't admit they are part of the problem, will never be part of itssolution.

The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

Since God made us to be originals, why stoop to be a copy?

It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.