LIFE IS LESS FORBIDDING WITH SOMEONE AT YOUR SIDE

          There is gratification in sharing joyful events and an advantage
to partnership.  More important is to discover someone to help shoulder
your misfortunes.  The hour of danger, the shadow of distress, will seem
less forbidding with someone at your side.  Some wish to carry off all
the applause, but end by carrying off all the sounds of disapproval
instead.  In such circumstances have a confidante or partner at hand to make
excuses for you, or at least to aid you in bearing the humiliation, for neither
fate nor the crowd readily attacks two!  This explains why the intelligent
physician, having missed the cure, does not miss calling another, who
under the name of consultant helps him carry the coffin.  Divide with another
your burdens and your sorrows.  For misfortune, always difficult, is doubly
unbearable to him who stands alone.

DO NOT ACT IN THE HEAT OF PASSION

                              

             DO NOT ACT IN THE HEAT OF PASSION

     The heart and the head are often at odds, do nothing in passion
 or everything goes wrong. He cannot work for himself who is not
 in command of himself, and passion invariably overrides reason.

 When embarking on something of importance, collaborate with
 one who is hardheaded and less impassioned.

They who judge from a distance always see more, as does the
audience viewing a play, for those in the play are ruled by excitement.

As quickly as you discover your temper beginning to stir, engage in

hasty retreat, for the blood has rushed into your head and emotion

has replaced the ability to think logically and clearly.
A lifetime of damage can begin in one brief moment.

FEW ARE FRIENDS OF WHO YOU  ARE: MOST ARE FRIENDS OF WHAT YOU ARE

There are friendships that are legitimate and others that are lightweight and matter little.  The former enrich your accomplishments, the latter give only fleeting pleasure. In our world today, where ambition abounds, few are friends of who you are; most are friends of what you have accomplished.  The best friends are those you have tested by time. They are friends chosen not only by desire, but by judgment, rather than those who enter your company through chance and intrusion.  Though choosing is exercised in its execution.  To find pleasure in a man does not prove him a friend, for the enjoyment may spring more from the high value you set upon his company than from his capacity.

Only Foolish Men Are upset by Events They Can't Control

He who grows in wisdom grows in impatience.

Just as he who knows much is hard to satisfy. At times we suffer most impatience with those upon whom we most depend. But this is a game of fools, for only foolish men are upset

by events they cannot control.

Learning to keep a rein on impatience when our nature is impetuous prepares us for

encountering misfortunes with perfect calm.

It is the lessons of restraint that force us to set up a school of self control.

Let him who cannot control his impatience take refuge within himself and test his strength

in putting up with himself......... B. G

Recognize The Power of Courtesy

Courtesy is the quiet, underlying power behind all negotiations. those of breeding fall under its spell, while the vulgar, confronted by it, fall over in confusion. It is said that only a fool keeps shouting while his opponent whispers. When you add courtesy to something you sell, it returns a twofold value. You receive the worth of goods and, at the same time, the respect of the satisfied buyer. Among mature negotiators, courtesy is a sign of sophistication and caring. Even in an exchange in which few words are spoken, the buyer and seller agree tacitly to trade again. There isn't much that the art of courtesy cannot improve........B G