Be slow of tounge and quick of eye.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

All your fingernails grow with no convenient speed except broken one.

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

When our hearts are empty, we collect things.

Youcan't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come toyou. You have to go to them sometimes.

A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

Before following a leader, it's wise to see if he's headed in the right direction.