Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes and those who do not.

Thehardest step is over the threshold.

You may give gifts without caring, but you can't care without giving

Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independet.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

A roundegg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harshaccording to how you speak them.

Renown and repose do not go together.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.