Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

Letevery eye negotiate for itself, and trust no agent.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

Every advantage has its tax

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

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

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

If wemanage conflict constructively, we harness its energy for creativity and development.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.

Life, Like a child, laughs shaking its rattle of death as it runs.