Flattery is telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself.

Winning friends begins with friendliness.

I've found that worry and irritation vanish into thin air the moment I open my mind to the many blessings I possess.

I honestly believe that this is one of the greatest secrets to true peace of mind -- a decent sense of values. We could annihilate 50 percent of all our worries at once if we would develop a sort of private gold standard -- a gold standard of what things are worth to us in terms of our lives.

When the friendly jailer gave Socrates the poison cup to drink, the jailer said: "Try to bear lightly what needs must be." Socrates did. He faced death with a calmness and resignation that touched the hem of divinity.

Avoid Arguments Like Rattlesnakes And Earthquakes

Do the very best you can.