Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

Sacrificers are not the ones to pity. The ones to pity are those they sacrifice.

Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

Be yourself and speak your mind today, though it contradicts all you have said before.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

Jealousy arises from lack of Confidence, not in others, but in onself.

Happiness is the wondrous commodity, the more your give; the more you have.

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

Don'tbargain for fish which are still in the water.