To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

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

Usesoft words and hard arguments.

Beholdthe turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

Hear me,my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

When work is pleasure, life is joy.

No one wouldtalk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.