The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

Analysis kills spontaneity.The grain once ground to floor,springs and germinates no more.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

Badplanning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.

He whoangers you, conquers you.

It is less dangerous to treat most men badly than to treat them too well.

Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.

Don't wrestlea pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.