Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.

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

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.

It is less dangerous to treat most men badly than to treat them too well.

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

When people prophesy, they generally makes the mistake of transforming the past to future.

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

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.