It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

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

By tryingoften, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

Not work, but the thought that he must work is what makes the lazy man tired.

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

Whospreads, sows; Who listens, reaps.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

Sweet is pleasure after pain

Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.