Conflictisn't negative, it just is.

A man sits as many risks as he runs.

Nothing doth more hurt in a state that cunning men pass for wise.

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

Prejudice is a disease characterised by hardening of categories.

Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.

Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

Poetry is the impish attempt to paint the colour of the wind.

God has created the world in play.

When your work speaks for itself,don't interrupt.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him