Don'tuse a lot where a little will do.

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

What wesee depends mainly on what we look for.

Status symbols are medals you buy yourself

Parents these days scarcely bring up children; they finance them.

Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.

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

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed thanto be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.