The greatest trust between man and man is the trust ofgiving counsel.

A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Expreince never helps us avoid doing something foolish; it merely prevents us from enjoying it.

As we grow old...the beauty steals inwards.

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

I willprepare and some day my chance will come.

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

Theultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but hold hands.

Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escapea hundred days of sorrow.