Thetime to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; Easy to govern, but impossible to enslave

Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

A fly beforehis own eye is bigger than an elephant in the next field.

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

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.