Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.

The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

There'sno need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.

The spokenword belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens.

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.