Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

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.

Whenanger comes, wisdom goes.

Beautifullight is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is oftenthe strongest and the best.

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

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

Nevermistake silence for agreement.

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.