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

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

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

Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.

Malicedrinketh its own poison.

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

Ignorancedoesn't kill you, but it does make you sweat a lot.

God has created the world in play.

Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

Passionsare generally roused by great conflicts.

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

A man, when he burns, leaves only a handful of ashes. woman can hold him. the wind must blow him away.