Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

He that can't endure the bad, will not live to see thegood.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Sayingnothing... sometimes says the most.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Use softwords and hard arguments.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

Trust begets trust and untrust begets untrust. It'snatural.