When people prophesy, they generally makes the mistake of transforming the past to future.

If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

A manneed never revenge himself; the body of his enemy will be brought to his owndoor.

Long-rangeplanning works best in the short term.

Ittakes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on thejob.

There isnothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.

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

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

Non-cooperationis a measure of discipline and sacrifice, and it demands respect for theopposite views.