It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.

Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.

Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.

Differentfields, different grasshoppers; different seas, different fish.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

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

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

Everyoneis kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.