There is no comparison between that which is last by not succeding and that what is last by not trying.

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

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

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

No man is the whole himself; his friends are the rest of him.

Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.

Thenumber one goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintaintheir self-esteem.

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

You could forgive an enemy. It is harder to forgive yourself.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out