The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.

Every advantage has its tax

Don'tclose the barn door after the horse runs away.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

Sweet is pleasure after pain

He who hurriescannot walk with dignity.

Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

Relationships of trust depend on our willingness to looknot only to our own interests, but also the interests of others.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.