The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

Never play cat and mouse games if you are a mouse.

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughtd other man by reason of respect or natural love.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

In all superstitions wise men follow fools.

Nothing lays itself open to the change of exaggeration more than the language of naked truth.

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do something to love, and something to hope for.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Whoever is winning the race will always seem to be invincible.