A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Before following a leader, it's wise to see if he's headed in the right direction.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

He who is overcautious will accomplish little.

Opportunity may be hard to recognize if you are only looking for a lucky break.

We cannot all be great but we can always attach ourselves to something that is great.

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

We make our friends, we make our enemies, but God makes our next-door neighbours.

Parents these days scarcely bring up children; they finance them.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

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