Talkingcomes by nature, silence by wisdom.

Thefire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.

Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.

He whocannot cut the bread evenly cannot get on well with people.

Twobirds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him