Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.

Theability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

He who is unable to dance says the yard is stony.

A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.

If you tell the truth, you have infinite power supportingyou; but if not, you have infinite power against you.

Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

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

Step after step the ladder is ascended

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

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

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.