We knowwhat happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

Labour with what zeal we will. Something still remains undone.

Thegreatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.

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

People who fight with fire usually end up with ashes.

What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.

Words should be scattered like seeds, no matter how small the seed may be, its it has one found favourable ground, it unfolds its strength.

Theonly difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way inwhich we use them.

The greatest trust between man and man is the trust ofgiving counsel.