Little things console us because little things afflict us.

Search not a wound too deep lest thou maketh a new one.

Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.

Byblending the breath of the sun and the shade, true harmony comes into theworld.

Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.

In lifeprepare for the hard and all you will encounter will be the required or easy.

Not work, but the thought that he must work is what makes the lazy man tired.

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

Imagination is useful as long as it remains practical.

Modesty is the clothing of talent.

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.