Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

Many a gem of wisdom have gone unsaid, because someone lacked ability to express it.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

Accomplishmentof purpose is better than making a profit.

Man is born free, and everywhere is is in chains

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was tht they escaped teething.

Thepeak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Ifanyone is not willing to accept your point of view, try to see his point of view.

Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.