If you ain't never pick up the sword,you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude-roots that can be pulled up.

You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

He whois unable to dance says the yard is stony.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

The desire for change is a sign of safety.

The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty.

No matterhow thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

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