The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

It'snot the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes thedifference.

Hear me,my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

Makesure you leave some fat for the other side.

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.