Nothing doth more hurt in a state that cunning men pass for wise.

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Be slow of tounge and quick of eye.

You'rein a much better position to talk with people when they approach you thanwhen you approach them.

A peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

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

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

As long as there is life there is danger.

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

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

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.