It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

Instinct is the nose of the mind.

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.

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

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

The easiest,the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflict within anorganization is to pretend it does not exist.

No pillow is as soft as clear conscience.

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.