The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

The more you seat in peace, the less you bleed in war

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

Nobody everforgets where he buried the hatchet.

Long-rangeplanning works best in the short term.

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

The Natural flights of Human mind are not from Pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.

Mistakes are to Life what shadows are to Light.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out