There isnothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than anagreement.

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

A quiettongue shows a wise head.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Health and Cheerfulness mutually begets each other.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

A merefriend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.

All thingsat first appear difficult.

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

Firstkeep the peace within yourself, then you can alsobring peace to others.

Prayrer changes things by changing people.