Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Thetime to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Whendealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic,but creatures of emotion.

Youcan't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come toyou. You have to go to them sometimes.

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

He who is unable to dance says the yard is stony.

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.

When the defects of others are percieved with so much clarity, it is because one possesses with oneself.