The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure yourealize that what you heard isn't what I meant.

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.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

He whocannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

Don'tput all your eggs in one basket.

Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived

To beprepared is half the victory.

To start blindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness,and will lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

The present is never a happy state to any being

A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.