The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.

Always have something to say. The man who has something to say and who is known never to speak unless he has, is sure to be listened to.�

Millions of people have wrecked their lives in angry turmoil, because they refused to accept the worst; refused to try to improve upon it; refused to salvage what they could from the wreck. Instead of trying to reconstruct their fortunes, they engaged in a bitter and "violent contest with experience"- and ended up victims of that brooding fixation known as melancholia.

Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves.

Why talk about what we want? That is childish. Absurd. Of course, you are interested in what you want. You are eternally interested in it. But no one else is. The rest of us are just like you: we are interested in what we want.

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.

Cash can buy, but it takes enthusiasm to sell.