Tranquility will roof a house, but discord can wear away the foundation of a city.

Life is no brief candle- it's a splendid torch!

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

The hero's tomb is the cradle of the people

A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledgeincreases strength.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

Freedom demands respect for the freedom of others.

A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.

As we grow old...the beauty steals inwards.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.